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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the approximate population of Ceylon at the time of Chapter 15?
(a) Twelve million.
(b) Seven million.
(c) Fifteen million.
(d) Twenty million.

2. What railway line did Theroux grow up near?
(a) Central Pacific.
(b) Amtrak.
(c) Boston and Maine.
(d) Chesapeake and Ohio.

3. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Turkemistan.
(d) Pakistan.

4. Whose alleged grave site did Theroux visit in Ceylon?
(a) Noah.
(b) Mary and Joseph.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Adam and Eve.

5. Why was Theroux unable to get food at Meshed in Chapter 5?
(a) Food was not allowed on the train.
(b) The train did not stop long enough.
(c) It was the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan.
(d) He did not have enough money.

6. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Pool.
(b) Snooker.
(c) Poker.
(d) Darts.

7. What is the current name of Ceylon?
(a) Burma.
(b) Siam.
(c) Myanmar.
(d) Sri Lanka.

8. What term did the civil servant use to describe a holy man in Chapter 9?
(a) Swami.
(b) Dervish.
(c) Monk.
(d) Saddhu.

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

10. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) Tamerlane.
(b) Saladin.
(c) El Cid.
(d) Genghis Khan.

11. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?
(a) The imam screamed.
(b) The imam laughed.
(c) The imam fainted.
(d) The imam died.

12. What university did the professor teach at in Chapter 11?
(a) Rajasthan Univesity.
(b) Jaipur University.
(c) Bhopal University.
(d) Delhi University.

13. In Chapter 13, where was the unpleasant American monk originally from?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York City.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Washington, D.C.

14. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?
(a) They did not want to learn French.
(b) They wanted to avoid Europeans.
(c) They did not want to learn German.
(d) They had relatives there.

15. How long was the trip to Lahore?
(a) Five hours.
(b) Fifteen hours.
(c) Twenty hours.
(d) Twelve hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened with the Orient Express when it went through the Alpine tunnel in Chapter 2?

2. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?

3. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?

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

5. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?

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