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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American song was playing in a Burmese style aboard the train in Burma in Chapter 17?
(a) Deep Purple.
(b) A Whiter Shade of Pale.
(c) Marrakesh Express.
(d) The Weight.

2. What did Mr. Lau sell when not working as a civil servant?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Lamps.
(d) Fluorescent tubes.

3. To what American author did Theroux compare the Japanese writer, Hirai Taro?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Samuel Clemens.

4. Why were there so few skiers on the train to Sapporo?
(a) Because Japanese don't ski.
(b) Because people did not have time off in December.
(c) Because there was not enough snow.
(d) Because it was not yet officially skiing season.

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

6. What did Theroux write was a common form of Japanese courtesy among parents?
(a) They provided teachers with extra pay.
(b) They helped out in the classrooms.
(c) They treated their children's teachers to fancy dinners.
(d) They gave fancy gifts to their children's teachers.

7. What American author did Professor Toyama claim enjoyed Kyoto?
(a) Eudora Welty.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

8. What happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?
(a) It was damaged in an earthquake.
(b) It was seized by the government.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It blew up.

9. How often did Japanese workers receive a bonus?
(a) Four times a year.
(b) Once every four years.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Twice a year.

10. What religion did Bernard's father follow?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Hinduism.

11. How many passengers transferred from the train to the Aomori ferry?
(a) 1,000
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 1,500.

12. What happened when Theroux saw the drunk Japanese men in the bar in Osaka?
(a) One of them punched him.
(b) He played pool with them.
(c) They challenged him to a fight.
(d) One of them kissed him.

13. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?
(a) That we had come in the first place.
(b) That we had stayed too long.
(c) That we had backed the wrong side.
(d) That we never planned to stay.

14. What was the code name of Theroux's American host in Saigon?
(a) Cobra One.
(b) Buffalo One.
(c) Eagle One.
(d) Viper One.

15. What local delicacy did Theroux find for sale to passengers at the stations in Burma?
(a) Fried ants.
(b) Fried mealworms.
(c) Fried locusts.
(d) Fried grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the tattooed American think he needed to go to earn a lot of money?

2. What festival was being celebrated as Theroux arrived in Calcutta in Chapter 16?

3. What book was Mr. Thanoo reading in Chapter 21?

4. How long did the professor's course of Henry James' The Golden Bowl last?

5. How many deserters did Dial estimate remained in Vietnam?

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