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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did a boy tell L'Amour that Arabs had been in the East Indies?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 1,000 years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 750 years.

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

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

4. What did L'Amour hit in Chapter 8?
(a) Building.
(b) Cow.
(c) Tree.
(d) Rock.

5. 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) W. H. Auden.
(d) Louis MacNeice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boys in L'Amour's Golden Gloves boxing team became novice champions in their divisions?

2. Where had L'Amour planned to go after he got his parents settled? .

3. In what mountains was the claim where L'Amour worked in Chapter 7?

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

5. What Indian territory surrounded Stein's Pass?

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