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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?
(a) The birth of Adam.
(b) The birth of Buddha.
(c) The birth of Jesus.
(d) The birth of Muhammad.

2. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?
(a) He was surrounded by Australians.
(b) He was surrounded by Americans.
(c) He was surrounded by locals.
(d) He was surrounded by hippies.

3. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Madras.
(d) Calcutta.

4. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.
(a) To make artificial coral.
(b) To decorate aquariums with coral.
(c) To make tourist knick-knacks.
(d) To make lime.

5. What was baksheesh?
(a) Extra money needed for a first-class ticket.
(b) A pastry.
(c) A government office.
(d) A bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many of the dentists in Simla come from?

2. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?

3. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?

4. To what did Theroux compare the forests of Madhya Pradesh?

5. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the Ceylonese showing so much devotion to St. Jude?

2. Why had Sadik still not taken a pilgrimage to Mecca when he met Theroux in Chapter 4?

3. Describe the American hippies encountered by Theroux on the Turkish railway.

4. Describe the Afghan prison conditions mentioned by Mr. Haq in Chapter 6.

5. Why did Theroux think the Orient Express was used as the setting for many stories of criminal intrigues?

6. What was Molesworth's attitude toward tourism?

7. What were Theroux's impressions of the Pakistani city of Peshawar?

8. Why was the destruction of the coral reefs a perfect example of the improvidence of the Ceylonese?

9. Describe the Tamils as encountered by Theroux in Chapter 12.

10. Describe the city of Teheran as encountered by Theroux in Chapter 4.

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