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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American song was playing in a Burmese style aboard the train in Burma in Chapter 17?
(a) The Weight.
(b) Deep Purple.
(c) Marrakesh Express.
(d) A Whiter Shade of Pale.

2. What American author did Professor Toyama claim enjoyed Kyoto?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Eudora Welty.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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

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

5. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?
(a) That we had backed the wrong side.
(b) That we had come in the first place.
(c) That we never planned to stay.
(d) That we had stayed too long.

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

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

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

9. What was the name of mansion managed by Bernard?
(a) Candacraig.
(b) Inverness.
(c) Castlecraig.
(d) Lochcraig.

10. How did celebrants mark the banned festival?
(a) By piercing their bodies with skewers.
(b) By dancing all night.
(c) By piercing their tongues.
(d) By parading all night.

11. What city did Mr. Pensacola say had boring nightclubs?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

13. How many rooms were in Bernard's mansion?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fifteen.

14. What did Theroux write was a common form of Japanese courtesy among parents?
(a) They provided teachers with extra pay.
(b) They gave fancy gifts to their children's teachers.
(c) They helped out in the classrooms.
(d) They treated their children's teachers to fancy dinners.

15. Why did the train stop outside Nagoya?
(a) The engine had problems.
(b) There was a fire on the track.
(c) There were more passengers getting on.
(d) There was another train ahead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?

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

3. According to Mr. Thanoo, what metal was mined in Thailand and Malaysia?

4. What drug was the Burmese man using on the way to the viaduct?

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

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