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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country's guidebook did Theroux purchase at the bookstore in Osaka?
(a) Korea.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) USSR.

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

3. What sites did the tourism director, Mr. Ngoc, try to advertise to draw visitors?
(a) The sites related to famous battles.
(b) The brothels.
(c) The historical sites.
(d) The beaches.

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

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

6. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

8. How many passengers transferred from the train to the Aomori ferry?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 1,000
(c) 1,200.
(d) 1,500.

9. What religion did Bernard's father follow?
(a) Islam.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Catholicism.

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

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

12. Which religion's festival was banned in India?
(a) Sikh.
(b) Christian.
(c) Tamil.
(d) Muslim.

13. How many Chinese were killed in the Malaysian riots referenced at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,600.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Shakespeare play did Anne teach while living in Queenstown?

2. Why did the train stop outside Nagoya?

3. What was a rotan?

4. What time did Theroux wake up at the station at the end of Chapter 21?

5. What was the topic of the conference Ghosh and Rahman attended in Singapore?

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