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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Buddhist monks doing when Theroux encountered them in Mandalay in Chapter 17?
(a) Begging.
(b) Handing out religious tracts.
(c) Passing out flowers.
(d) Offering prayers to travelers.

2. What word was tattooed on the American civilian worker's right hand?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Lion.
(d) Tiger.

3. What term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?
(a) Maidan.
(b) Bundh.
(c) Satyagraha.
(d) Puja.

4. What were workers in Singapore forbidden from doing?
(a) Receiving overtime pay.
(b) Working on Saturdays.
(c) Taking religious holidays off.
(d) Striking.

5. How many hotels did Mandalay have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

6. What local delicacy did Theroux find for sale to passengers at the stations in Burma?
(a) Fried mealworms.
(b) Fried locusts.
(c) Fried ants.
(d) Fried grasshoppers.

7. What time was dinner served at Bernard's mansion?
(a) Six-thirty.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

8. What "traditional Laotian handicrafts" were sold in Laos at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) Neckties.
(b) Bathing suits.
(c) Scarves.
(d) Baskets.

9. What was the surname of the local USIS official in Hue?
(a) McTaggart.
(b) O'brien.
(c) McSweeney.
(d) McLellan.

10. What service was common for tourists in Bangkok?
(a) Fancy hotels.
(b) Massage parlors.
(c) Tattoo parlors.
(d) Expensive spas.

11. How many deserters did Dial estimate remained in Vietnam?
(a) About 50.
(b) About 500.
(c) About 200.
(d) About 300.

12. What book was Mr. Thanoo reading in Chapter 21?
(a) A Bend in the River.
(b) Kim.
(c) Colonel Sun.
(d) A Passage to India.

13. What area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?
(a) Lashio.
(b) Rangoon.
(c) Inle Lake.
(d) Pagan.

14. What interrupted Theroux's conversation at the Japanese National Railways office?
(a) An argument among passengers.
(b) Announcements over the loudspeakers.
(c) Music over the loudspeakers.
(d) An emergency warning.

15. What American play was banned under Thieu's regime?
(a) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(b) The Glass Menagerie.
(c) Death of a Salesman.
(d) Our Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Hindu deity did the Bengalis worship in the other festival described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

2. Why were there so few skiers on the train to Sapporo?

3. What was the common form of transportation in Calcutta described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

4. What kind of stories did Hirai Taro specialize in?

5. What festival was being celebrated as Theroux arrived in Calcutta in Chapter 16?

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