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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 term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?
(a) Puja.
(b) Satyagraha.
(c) Maidan.
(d) Bundh.

2. What was the approximate population of Bangladesh?
(a) 60 million.
(b) 85 million.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 75 million.

3. What Russian novel was Theroux reading in Chapter 21?
(a) Dead Souls.
(b) The Brothers Doestoevsky.
(c) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

4. What did the security officer note Theroux did not have when he claimed to be a tourist?
(a) A tourguide book.
(b) A passport.
(c) Luggage.
(d) A camera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?

2. What magazine did the CIA official tell Theroux he wrote for?

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

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

5. What interrupted Theroux's conversation at the Japanese National Railways office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Theroux describe Bangkok as a city for transients?

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

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

5. Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

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

7. What were Theroux's main impressions of Singapore?

8. What image was brought to mind by the sight of the Japanese workers doing mass calisthenics?

9. What did Theroux find disturbing about Osaka?

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

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