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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 and 25, pp. 241-267.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the tall, four-foot wide box found in the individual compartment in Chapter 9?
(a) An old refrigerator.
(b) A folding bed.
(c) A storage space for luggage.
(d) An old air conditioning unit.

2. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?
(a) As a gathering place for selling food.
(b) As a gathering place for feasts.
(c) As a bathroom.
(d) As a place for meeting people.

3. What did Theroux buy at the Naung-Peng station while waiting for the next train?
(a) Opium.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A book.

4. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Gogol.
(b) Doestoevsky.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Chekhov.

5. To which country was Sadiq going to bring Turkish workers?
(a) Australia.
(b) West Germany.
(c) East Germany.
(d) Indonesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bernard tell Theroux he was born?

2. What is the current name of Ceylon?

3. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?

4. What time did Theroux wake up at the station at the end of Chapter 21?

5. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?

(see the answer key)

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