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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument did Harry Warren (Shorty) play?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Violin.
(c) Flute.
(d) Mandolin.

2. How much did "Little Blue Books" cost?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 10 or 15 cents.
(d) 5 or 10 cents.

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

4. How many volumes of books by Alexandre Dumas did L'Amour find on the shelves of the library?
(a) 28.
(b) 17.
(c) 36.
(d) 48.

5. Where did L'Amour have his first and worst bout with seasickness?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Cape Hatteras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of Kipling's did L'Amour buy from Dulfakir?

2. What book by Jack London prepared L'Amour for rejection?

3. How long did the last caretaker of the mine last before he quit?

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

5. How many leghorn chickens were at the mine where L'Amour worked in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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