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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days was L'Amour supposed to work a claim in Chapter 7?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

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

3. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?
(a) Anatole France.
(b) Sigrid Undset.
(c) Henri Bergson.
(d) Knut Hamsun.

4. How old was an old man named Peterson who told L'Amour a story?
(a) 58.
(b) 80.
(c) 64.
(d) 75.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boxing magazine published in St. Paul?

2. When did Goethe begin writing "Faust"?

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

4. Where did L'Amour go after his suitcase was stolen?

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

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