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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?
(a) The birth of Buddha.
(b) The birth of Adam.
(c) The birth of Muhammad.
(d) The birth of Jesus.

2. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Khatmandhu.
(d) Pondicherry.

3. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Sikhism.
(d) Buddhism.

4. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?
(a) He was surrounded by Americans.
(b) He was surrounded by Australians.
(c) He was surrounded by hippies.
(d) He was surrounded by locals.

5. What author was Theroux reading at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Kipling.
(b) Forster.
(c) Dinesen.
(d) Dickens.

6. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two months.
(d) Four months.

7. Where did Sadiq go to enjoy himself when not taking pilgrims to Mecca?
(a) Amman.
(b) Jenin.
(c) Tel Aviv.
(d) Beirut.

8. How high did the railway climb through the pass?
(a) 3,600 feet.
(b) 3,200 feet.
(c) 4,000 feet.
(d) 3,000 feet.

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

10. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?
(a) Ceylon.
(b) Burma.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Laos.

11. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?
(a) Kim.
(b) Gunga Din.
(c) Just-so Stories.
(d) The Jungle Book.

12. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?
(a) Japperwocky.
(b) The Wasteland.
(c) The Faerie Queene.
(d) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

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

14. What animals did Theroux encounter near the Galta gorge temple?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Baboons.

15. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?
(a) Salami.
(b) Proscuitto.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Mortadella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term did the civil servant use to describe a holy man in Chapter 9?

2. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?

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

4. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?

5. Where did the Parsis place their dead?

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