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

2. What was the Vietnamese woman doing with the half-American baby on the train through Vietnam?
(a) She was trying to give the baby to Theroux.
(b) She was a prostitute looking for work.
(c) She was trying to get passage out of Vietnam.
(d) She was trying to get money.

3. How long did the professor's course of Henry James' The Golden Bowl last?
(a) Three semesters.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two semesters.

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

5. What was the name of the American English teacher in Hakodate?
(a) Carl.
(b) Charles.
(c) Chester.
(d) Matt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a rotan?

2. How many rooms were in Bernard's mansion?

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

4. What did Theroux write the Japanese took perverse pride in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

4. Why did Mr. Lau dislike Kuala Lumpur?

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

6. Who were the American-looking children Theroux saw throughout Vietnam?

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

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

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

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

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