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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. What was a rotan?
(a) A pastry.
(b) A four-foot cane.
(c) A hat.
(d) A type of decorative box.

2. What kind of architecture was the Kuala Lumpur rail station known for?
(a) Indian.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Islamic.

3. What American play was banned under Thieu's regime?
(a) Our Town.
(b) The Glass Menagerie.
(c) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(d) Death of a Salesman.

4. How far apart are Tokyo and Kyoto?
(a) 300 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 150 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

5. What were the Buddhist monks doing when Theroux encountered them in Mandalay in Chapter 17?
(a) Offering prayers to travelers.
(b) Begging.
(c) Passing out flowers.
(d) Handing out religious tracts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Theroux staring at for 15 minutes while at The Mess?

2. What food item was placed on the bar in front of Theroux on the train to Kyoto?

3. What city did Mr. Pensacola say had boring nightclubs?

4. To what American author did Theroux compare the Japanese writer, Hirai Taro?

5. What was the approximate population of Bangladesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the American woman living in Sapporo welcomed into the Japanese fold in the story retold in Chapter 27?

2. What common prostitution story did Theroux hear numerous times during his travels and how did the story told in Laos differ?

3. How did Colonel Tuan believe Vietnamese viewed Americans as the war wound down?

4. Why did Mr. Lau dislike Kuala Lumpur?

5. Why did Theroux find the Singapore government's prediction of electronic connectedness so disturbing?

6. Why did Theroux refer to Laos as "America's expensive practical joke"?

7. Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

8. Why did Theroux describe the Burmese government as a Buddhist bureaucracy?

9. Why was the man on the train to Calcutta running away from his girlfriend?

10. Why did Theroux leave behind his passport and camera while trying to go to the Goktiek Viaduct?

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