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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 is the current name of Ceylon?
(a) Siam.
(b) Sri Lanka.
(c) Burma.
(d) Myanmar.

2. What did one American take to deal with the Indian food and water?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Milk.
(c) Yogurt.
(d) Fruit.

3. What American author did Theroux mention in describing Indians in Chapter 9?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Bret Harte.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

4. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Hank Aaron.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Jackie Robinson.
(d) Cal Ripkin.

5. What new food had the Ceylonese begun planting because of their starvation?
(a) Okra.
(b) Rice.
(c) Cassava.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?

2. What book was Theroux reading at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What was interesting about the blond Sadiq picked up at the bar in Istanbul?

4. What African language did Theroux hear on the train as it traveled through England?

5. To which country was Sadiq going to bring Turkish workers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Theroux have an early childhood fascination with train travel?

3. What is ironic about the treatment of the young Indian man fleeing London's racism in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Theroux fascinated by the taxi driver's offer of a prostitute in the Bay of Bengal?

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