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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. Where did Pete's manager own and operate a cafe?
(a) Newton.
(b) Chariton.
(c) Millersburg.
(d) Jamestown.

2. How many acres did the home have that L'Amour brought his parents to after they left Oregon?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

3. Where was the first place that L'Amour looked for a job in Los Angeles?
(a) Factory.
(b) Docks.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Grocery store.

4. What did L'Amour read in Klamath Falls, Oregon?
(a) House of the Dead.
(b) Crime and Punishment.
(c) The Brothers Karamazov.
(d) Poor Folk.

5. How many books were in the reading room of the Seaman's Institute?
(a) 300-400.
(b) 150.
(c) 200-250.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did L'Amour drink after his walk from Death Valley?

2. Where did most of the stories in "Arabian Nights" originate?

3. How many holes for concrete piers could most men dig?

4. What animal did Cheng Ho bring back from Africa for the emperor's zoo?

5. Where did L'Amour have a suitcase stolen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did L'Amour have to say about plots in stories?

2. Why did seaman prefer to ship from the west coast?

3. How did Shorty Harris lose a rich claim?

4. Describe the mine where L'Amour was to be a caretaker.

5. Why didn't L'Amour believe that the sites of the battles during the American-Indian wars was a matter of chance?

6. What types of hunger had L'Amour known in his life?

7. Who was Pete Petrolle?

8. Describe the Indian who lived neared the mine L'Amour worked at?

9. What did L'Amour do when he finally got to Barstow after working on a mine claim?

10. Before L'Amour ended up in Singapore, what were some jobs he had held?

(see the answer keys)

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