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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26 and 27, pp. 268-288.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did many of the dentists in Simla come from?
(a) Japan.
(b) India.
(c) America.
(d) China.

2. Approximately how many of these animals did Theroux see?
(a) 50.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

3. At what French station did the train join the Orient Express?
(a) Gare du Nord.
(b) Gare du Sud.
(c) Gare de Lyon.
(d) Gare Centrale.

4. Why did the young man leaving Bangalore to go to Bangkok in Chapter 16?
(a) To escape his wife.
(b) To escape a debtor.
(c) To escape his parents.
(d) To escape his girlfriend.

5. What city did Mr. Pensacola say had boring nightclubs?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Boston.
(d) Baltimore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hotels did Mandalay have?

2. What new food had the Ceylonese begun planting because of their starvation?

3. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?

4. What were the Buddhist monks doing when Theroux encountered them in Mandalay in Chapter 17?

5. What English novelist once wrote, "The journey is the goal"?

(see the answer key)

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