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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 area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?
(a) Inle Lake.
(b) Pagan.
(c) Lashio.
(d) Rangoon.

2. What did Theroux write the Japanese took perverse pride in?
(a) How expensive their country was.
(b) How small their families were.
(c) How smoothly the trains ran.
(d) How hard they worked.

3. What American song was playing in a Burmese style aboard the train in Burma in Chapter 17?
(a) The Weight.
(b) A Whiter Shade of Pale.
(c) Marrakesh Express.
(d) Deep Purple.

4. What was the code name of Theroux's American host in Saigon?
(a) Eagle One.
(b) Viper One.
(c) Buffalo One.
(d) Cobra One.

5. What were the Thai children doing near the railroad tracks near Nong Khai Station?
(a) Selling knickknacks.
(b) Selling food.
(c) Begging.
(d) Flying kites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word was tattooed on the American civilian worker's right hand?

2. What time was dinner served at Bernard's mansion?

3. What interrupted Theroux's conversation at the Japanese National Railways office?

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

5. What American play was banned under Thieu's regime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did the family planning experts react to Theroux's questioning about the sizes of their own families?

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

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

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

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

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