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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. Where were Ghosh and Rahman from?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) India.
(d) Ceylon.

2. What food item was placed on the bar in front of Theroux on the train to Kyoto?
(a) A rutabaga.
(b) A turnip.
(c) A sample of sushi.
(d) A ball of rice.

3. Why did the young man leaving Bangalore to go to Bangkok in Chapter 16?
(a) To escape a debtor.
(b) To escape his girlfriend.
(c) To escape his wife.
(d) To escape his parents.

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

5. What did every train include in the Goktiek area?
(a) A dining car.
(b) An armored van behind the engine.
(c) A caboose.
(d) A sleeper car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?

2. What Japanese city did Theroux decide he would never bother visiting again?

3. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?

4. How much time did Theroux have to board the train to Sapporo in Aomori?

5. How many deserters did Dial estimate remained in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What common prostitution story did Theroux hear numerous times during his travels and how did the story told in Laos differ?

2. Why did Theroux say that the Malay smile was misleading?

3. How was the American woman living in Sapporo welcomed into the Japanese fold in the story retold in Chapter 27?

4. Why were there no skiers on the mountain in Japan, despite the large amount of perfect snow?

5. Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

6. Why did Theroux describe the Burmese government as a Buddhist bureaucracy?

7. Describe the Japanese obsession with the high cost of living in Japan.

8. Why were the Vietnamese focused on providing foreign visitors with privileges?

9. How did Westerners and Japanese react to the suicide of the Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima?

10. How did Theroux describe the clothes laundering he witnessed from the trains in Asia?

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