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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 did Theroux buy at the Naung-Peng station while waiting for the next train?
(a) Opium.
(b) A book.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A newspaper.

2. What kind of stories did Hirai Taro specialize in?
(a) Detective stories.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Tales of terror.
(d) Science fiction.

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

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

5. What kind of architecture was the Kuala Lumpur rail station known for?
(a) Islamic.
(b) Indian.
(c) Buddhist.
(d) Victorian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Theroux staring at for 15 minutes while at The Mess?

2. Which Hindu deity did the Bengalis worship in the other festival described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

3. What did every train include in the Goktiek area?

4. Why was the official going through the train checking the IDs of civilian males?

5. What "traditional Laotian handicrafts" were sold in Laos at the beginning of Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Theroux's main impressions of Singapore?

3. Why did Theroux refer to Laos as "America's expensive practical joke"?

4. Why did Theroux find the Singapore government's prediction of electronic connectedness so disturbing?

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

6. How did Theroux feel about the fast trains between cities in Japan?

7. Why did Theroux leave behind his passport and camera while trying to go to the Goktiek Viaduct?

8. Why did Mr. Lau dislike Kuala Lumpur?

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

10. Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

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