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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 magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Filmfare.
(b) Premiere.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Bollywood Today.

2. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 28.
(d) 34.

3. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Simla.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Gujarat.

4. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Doestoevsky.
(c) Gogol.
(d) Chekhov.

5. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?
(a) It was after sunset, and he could not see anything.
(b) Passengers were told they could not get off the train.
(c) Swimming was not allowed at the beach.
(d) The train stopped for only a couple of minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?

2. Approximately how many of these animals did Theroux see?

3. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?

4. In Chapter 13, where was the unpleasant American monk originally from?

5. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Theroux's view, how did the strictures of Islam affect Pakistani men?

2. How had Afghanistan changed since the military coup of 1973?

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

4. Why did Paramahansa Yogananda, the guru followed by Mr. Gupta in Chapter 9, go to America?

5. Why was Theroux unwilling to explain his first impressions of India to Vishnua Bhardwaj, the Accountant General on the train to Simla?

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

7. What was the Indian professor's view of Mr. Gopal's ignorance?

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

9. Why did Duffill appear to be so mysterious to Theroux?

10. Describe the special requirements and characteristics of the Sikh religion outlined by Theroux in Chapter 8.

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