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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. In September, how high would temperatures get in the desert?
(a) 130.
(b) 100.
(c) 120.
(d) 110.

2. After L'Amour ate his only can of food, how far was it to the town where he was headed?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 35 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

3. How long after Peterson was taken by the Apaches did he partake in a war party?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

5. Who taught L'Amour how to use a six-shooter?
(a) Jim Newman.
(b) Charles Allison.
(c) John Hicks.
(d) Bill Tilghman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the first books L'Amour remembered reading?

2. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?

3. Where did L'Amour read "Don Juan"?

4. What did the old man have in the mine he wanted L'Amour to work in in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 4, where was the machinist from who was headed to a job in El Paso?

(see the answer key)

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