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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the author who went to high school in L'Amour's hometown?
(a) E. E. Kellett.
(b) Maxwell Anderson.
(c) Louis MacNeice.
(d) W. H. Auden.

2. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?
(a) Cliff Brycelea.
(b) Urshel Taylor.
(c) Jerome Bushyhead.
(d) Dana Tiger.

3. What book did L'Amour mention that was a somewhat pornographic Chinese novel?
(a) The Water Margin.
(b) Saving a Prostitute.
(c) Dream of the Red Chamber.
(d) Chin P'ing Mei.

4. How old was L'Amour when he left school?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

5. Where did L'Amour settle down to try to become a writer?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Texas.
(d) Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour go to high school?

2. How many days did it take when L'Amour and his fellow officers traveled on the U.S.S. Boise to get from Europe to the U.S. .

3. Where was Muhammed Dulfakir's shop located?

4. Was the the name of L'Amour's first novel?

5. How many miles did L'Amour walk in Chapter 4 before a large old man gave him a ride?

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