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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 what town did Theroux find cheap brothels and plentiful opium in Chapter 20?
(a) Bangkok.
(b) Nong Khai.
(c) Kuala Lumpur.
(d) Vientiane.

2. What Sherlock Holmes story did Theroux allude to in Chapter 19?
(a) "A Study in Scarlet."
(b) "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
(c) "The Red-Headed League."
(d) "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

3. What was the common form of transportation in Calcutta described by Theroux in Chapter 16?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Rickshaw.
(c) Moped.
(d) Taxi.

4. What did Theroux witness the Japanese workers doing at the National Railways office?
(a) Tai Chi.
(b) Calisthenics.
(c) Jumping jacks.
(d) Pilates.

5. What sites did the tourism director, Mr. Ngoc, try to advertise to draw visitors?
(a) The beaches.
(b) The historical sites.
(c) The sites related to famous battles.
(d) The brothels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Chinese were killed in the Malaysian riots referenced at the beginning of Chapter 22?

2. What was the name of the American English teacher in Hakodate?

3. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?

4. What did every train include in the Goktiek area?

5. What religion did Bernard's father follow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were there no skiers on the mountain in Japan, despite the large amount of perfect snow?

2. Why did Theroux say that the Malay smile was misleading?

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

4. Describe the Japanese obsession with the high cost of living in Japan.

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

6. What did Theroux find disturbing about Osaka?

7. What are the differences between Japanese and American consumers?

8. Why were the Vietnamese focused on providing foreign visitors with privileges?

9. How did Westerners and Japanese react to the suicide of the Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima?

10. How did Theroux describe the clothes laundering he witnessed from the trains in Asia?

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