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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was L'Amour's great-grandfather killed and scalped?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1843.

2. Where did L'Amour have his first and worst bout with seasickness?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) West Indies.
(c) Cape Hatteras.
(d) Tahiti.

3. Who was L'Amour's first employer?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) Standard Oil.
(c) Western Union.
(d) The local newspaper.

4. Near what peak did the Apache that Peterson lived with plan to attack?
(a) Stein's.
(b) Elias.
(c) Blackburn.
(d) Whitney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author did L'Amour think he might emulate at the end of Chapter 6?

2. On three occasions, how long did L'Amour go without eating anything?

3. How long did a boy tell L'Amour that Arabs had been in the East Indies?

4. How old was L'Amour when he left school?

5. How old was L'Amour when he made his first attempt at creative writing?

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