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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Russian novel was Theroux reading in Chapter 21?
(a) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
(b) The Brothers Doestoevsky.
(c) Dead Souls.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

2. What festival was being celebrated as Theroux arrived in Calcutta in Chapter 16?
(a) Ramadan.
(b) Eid.
(c) Chhat.
(d) Diwali.

3. Why was the official going through the train checking the IDs of civilian males?
(a) He was looking for American citizens.
(b) He was looking for draft evaders.
(c) He was looking for South Vietnamese Army members.
(d) He was looking for Viet Cong members.

4. What did Theroux witness the Japanese workers doing at the National Railways office?
(a) Calisthenics.
(b) Jumping jacks.
(c) Tai Chi.
(d) Pilates.

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

6. What was Theroux staring at for 15 minutes while at The Mess?
(a) A bird outside the window.
(b) A gecko on the wall.
(c) A cat in the hallway.
(d) A mouse on the floor.

7. How far apart are Tokyo and Kyoto?
(a) 150 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 300 miles.
(d) 400 miles.

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

9. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1905.

10. How much did it cost to go to the Japanese bath?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Fifteen dollars.
(d) Thirty dollars.

11. What Japanese city did Theroux decide he would never bother visiting again?
(a) Nagoya.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Sapporo.

12. What food item was placed on the bar in front of Theroux on the train to Kyoto?
(a) A ball of rice.
(b) A rutabaga.
(c) A sample of sushi.
(d) A turnip.

13. What did Theroux write the Japanese took perverse pride in?
(a) How small their families were.
(b) How hard they worked.
(c) How smoothly the trains ran.
(d) How expensive their country was.

14. What was unique about the prostitute picked up by the tattooed American?
(a) She was very old.
(b) She had tattoos all over her body.
(c) She was underage.
(d) She was actually a man.

15. What was a rotan?
(a) A pastry.
(b) A four-foot cane.
(c) A hat.
(d) A type of decorative box.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers transferred from the train to the Aomori ferry?

2. What happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?

3. How many rooms were in Bernard's mansion?

4. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?

5. What service was common for tourists in Bangkok?

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