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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many white men died in the stagecoach attack that Peterson described?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

2. How many miles did L'Amour walk in Chapter 4 before a large old man gave him a ride?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. When did L'Amour sell his first short story for cash?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1947.

4. Where did L'Amour go to high school?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) Texas.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) South Dakota.

5. Where did the shipwreck take place that was written about in Shakespeare's "Tempest"?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Bermuda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nationality of the man who was able to dig 4 holes a day for concrete piers along with L'Amour?

2. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?

3. How many years did it take for Flaubert to complete "Madame Bovary"?

4. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?

5. What was Professor Walter Campbell's pen name?

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