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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the Tamils clean their teeth on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) With peeled green twigs.
(b) With floss.
(c) With their fingers.
(d) With Western-style toothbrushes.

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

4. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) Bleak House.
(d) Little Dorrit.

5. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?
(a) He was reading the Koran.
(b) He was attending a madrassa.
(c) He was visiting mosques.
(d) He was traveling to Mecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the trip to Lahore?

2. What did one American take to deal with the Indian food and water?

3. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?

4. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?

5. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the primary lesson about India's future that Theroux took from his nighttime wanderings around Bombay?

2. Why was Mr. Radia, with whom Theroux spoke in Chapter 10, so cynical about the English?

3. Why had Sadik still not taken a pilgrimage to Mecca when he met Theroux in Chapter 4?

4. Describe the Afghan prison conditions mentioned by Mr. Haq in Chapter 6.

5. Why was Theroux unwilling to explain his first impressions of India to Vishnua Bhardwaj, the Accountant General on the train to Simla?

6. Why did Theroux have an early childhood fascination with train travel?

7. What was Theroux's reaction to the German drug addict he met in India in Chapter 8?

8. Describe Mr. Gopal, the embassy liaison man showing the tourist sites to Theroux in Chapter 11.

9. Why was Theroux fascinated by the taxi driver's offer of a prostitute in the Bay of Bengal?

10. Describe the American hippies encountered by Theroux on the Turkish railway.

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