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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. How many passengers transferred from the train to the Aomori ferry?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 1,000

2. What was the common form of transportation in Calcutta described by Theroux in Chapter 16?
(a) Rickshaw.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Moped.
(d) Taxi.

3. What magazine did the CIA official tell Theroux he wrote for?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Boys' Life.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Field and Stream.

4. What Shakespeare play did Anne teach while living in Queenstown?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Richard III.

5. What country's guidebook did Theroux purchase at the bookstore in Osaka?
(a) Korea.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) USSR.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the tattooed American think he needed to go to earn a lot of money?

2. What was the Vietnamese woman doing with the half-American baby on the train through Vietnam?

3. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?

4. What kind of stories did Hirai Taro specialize in?

5. What term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the man on the train to Calcutta running away from his girlfriend?

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

4. Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

5. What was Theroux's reaction to the sight of the Goktiek Viaduct?

6. How did Mr. Bernard treat Theroux at his mansion in maymyo?

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

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

9. What image was brought to mind by the sight of the Japanese workers doing mass calisthenics?

10. How was Theroux treated at the hotel in Mandalay?

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