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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 was unique about the prostitute picked up by the tattooed American?
(a) She had tattoos all over her body.
(b) She was very old.
(c) She was actually a man.
(d) She was underage.

2. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

4. What did Theroux write was a common form of Japanese courtesy among parents?
(a) They treated their children's teachers to fancy dinners.
(b) They provided teachers with extra pay.
(c) They helped out in the classrooms.
(d) They gave fancy gifts to their children's teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the common form of transportation in Calcutta described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Mr. Lau dislike Kuala Lumpur?

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

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

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

10. Why were there no skiers on the mountain in Japan, despite the large amount of perfect snow?

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