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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did L'Amour work out with a few times at the YMCA gym?
(a) Mike O'Dowd.
(b) Mike GIbbons.
(c) Labe Safro.
(d) Kid Graves.

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

3. What was the name of the magazine that published the first modern stories of science fiction?
(a) Science: fact and fiction.
(b) Science and Invention.
(c) Amazing Stories.
(d) Weird Tales.

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

5. How old was Pete Boering when L'Amour met him?
(a) 28.
(b) 32.
(c) 26.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour eat breakfast with an old man who gave him a ride in Chapter 4?

2. Where was Muhammed Dulfakir's shop located?

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

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

5. Where did L'Amour have his first and worst bout with seasickness?

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