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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was bunraku?
(a) Pornographic theater.
(b) Comedy revue.
(c) Children's theater.
(d) Puppet theater.

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

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

5. Why were there so few skiers on the train to Sapporo?
(a) Because people did not have time off in December.
(b) Because there was not enough snow.
(c) Because it was not yet officially skiing season.
(d) Because Japanese don't ski.

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

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

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

9. How often did Japanese workers receive a bonus?
(a) Four times a year.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Once every four years.
(d) Twice a year.

10. In what town did Theroux find cheap brothels and plentiful opium in Chapter 20?
(a) Nong Khai.
(b) Vientiane.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) Kuala Lumpur.

11. What did Mr. Lau sell when not working as a civil servant?
(a) Fluorescent tubes.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Lamps.
(d) Furniture.

12. What happened when Theroux saw the drunk Japanese men in the bar in Osaka?
(a) One of them punched him.
(b) He played pool with them.
(c) They challenged him to a fight.
(d) One of them kissed him.

13. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Cats.
(d) Monkeys.

14. Where did Bernard tell Theroux he was born?
(a) Landi Kotal.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Simla.
(d) Rangoon.

15. What was the American woman shown at the tea house ceremony?
(a) Japanese television.
(b) Pornographic films.
(c) Pornographic paintings.
(d) Japanese cinema.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did it cost to go to the Japanese bath?

2. How much time did Theroux have to board the train to Sapporo in Aomori?

3. What American play was banned under Thieu's regime?

4. To what American author did Theroux compare the Japanese writer, Hirai Taro?

5. What was the name of mansion managed by Bernard?

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