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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What African language did Theroux hear on the train as it traveled through England?
(a) Ibo.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Xhosa.
(d) Yoruba.

2. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Bollywood Today.
(b) Premiere.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Filmfare.

3. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(c) Dubliners.
(d) The Exiles.

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

5. To what did Theroux compare the forests of Madhya Pradesh?
(a) The woods of Appalachia.
(b) The woods of New Hampshire.
(c) The redwood forests.
(d) The woods of the Pacific Northwest.

6. What book was Theroux reading at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Steppenwolf.
(b) The Autobiography of a Yogi.
(c) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
(d) Siddhartha.

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

8. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Madras.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Bombay.

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

10. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?
(a) American history.
(b) British Literature.
(c) African literature.
(d) American literature.

11. What new food had the Ceylonese begun planting because of their starvation?
(a) Okra.
(b) Rice.
(c) Cassava.
(d) Potatoes.

12. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Simla.
(c) Gujarat.
(d) Calcutta.

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

14. What drug was the German man addicted to in Chapter 8?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Heroin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Tamils clean their teeth on the train in Chapter 12?

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

3. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

4. What is the current name of Ceylon?

5. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?

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