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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 the security officer note Theroux did not have when he claimed to be a tourist?
(a) A camera.
(b) Luggage.
(c) A tourguide book.
(d) A passport.

2. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1899.

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

4. What American author did Professor Toyama claim enjoyed Kyoto?
(a) Eudora Welty.
(b) Tennessee Williams.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) William Faulkner.

5. What was the name of the American English teacher in Hakodate?
(a) Charles.
(b) Matt.
(c) Carl.
(d) Chester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did the CIA official tell Theroux he wrote for?

2. What American song was playing in a Burmese style aboard the train in Burma in Chapter 17?

3. What happened when Theroux saw the drunk Japanese men in the bar in Osaka?

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

5. To what American author did Theroux compare the Japanese writer, Hirai Taro?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Theroux describe Bangkok as a city for transients?

5. How did Colonel Tuan believe Vietnamese viewed Americans as the war wound down?

6. Why did Mr. Lau dislike Kuala Lumpur?

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

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

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

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

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