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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 did the tattooed American think he needed to go to earn a lot of money?
(a) Macau.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Singapore.

2. How many hotels did Mandalay have?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. What interrupted Theroux's conversation at the Japanese National Railways office?
(a) An argument among passengers.
(b) Announcements over the loudspeakers.
(c) Music over the loudspeakers.
(d) An emergency warning.

4. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Cats.

5. What was the name of mansion managed by Bernard?
(a) Candacraig.
(b) Lochcraig.
(c) Castlecraig.
(d) Inverness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bernard tell Theroux he was born?

2. How far apart are Tokyo and Kyoto?

3. What Sherlock Holmes story did Theroux allude to in Chapter 19?

4. How many rooms were in Bernard's mansion?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Theroux find disturbing about Osaka?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Theroux's visit to the tourism office in Vietnam.

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

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