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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian territory surrounded Stein's Pass?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Apache.
(d) Commanche.

2. When did Sun-tzu write about the basic principles of military strategy?
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) 1,000 A.D.
(c) 500 B.C.
(d) 1,000 B.C.

3. Where had L'Amour planned to go after he got his parents settled? .
(a) San Diego.
(b) Miami.
(c) New Orleans
(d) New York.

4. How far did L'Amour travel with his boss when he went to work on a claim in Chapter 7?
(a) 35 miles.
(b) 55 miles.
(c) 68 miles.
(d) 70 miles.

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

6. How many books did a woman have that Russian Joe Smith lived with in China?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

7. How old was an old man named Peterson who told L'Amour a story?
(a) 58.
(b) 75.
(c) 64.
(d) 80.

8. What was one of the first books L'Amour remembered reading?
(a) Kidnapped.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) Twice Told Tales.
(d) The Deerslayer.

9. What book by Jack London prepared L'Amour for rejection?
(a) The Call of the Wild.
(b) White Fang.
(c) John Barleycorn.
(d) Martin Eden.

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

11. During the year that L'Amour kept track of the books he read, how many did he read while waiting for people?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

12. Where did L'Amour eat breakfast with an old man who gave him a ride in Chapter 4?
(a) Bowie.
(b) Ballinger.
(c) Crane.
(d) Abilene.

13. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?
(a) Knut Hamsun.
(b) Henri Bergson.
(c) Sigrid Undset.
(d) Anatole France.

14. Where did Russian Joe Smith get picked up?
(a) Bangkok.
(b) Hanoi.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Peking.

15. At the time L'Amour wrote the book, at how many universities and colleges had he lectured?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the shipwreck take place that was written about in Shakespeare's "Tempest"?

2. How many white men died in the stagecoach attack that Peterson described?

3. How many books did L'Amour have in his personal library?

4. Where was Pete Petrolle from?

5. Near what peak did the Apache that Peterson lived with plan to attack?

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