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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many books and plays did L'Amour read in 1930?
(a) 115.
(b) 142.
(c) 87.
(d) 94.

2. Who was one of the regular writers in "The Saturday Evening Post"?
(a) H. L. Mencken.
(b) William Saroyan.
(c) Whit Burnett.
(d) Clarence Budgington Kelland.

3. How many sandwiches did L'Amour eat a day when he was saving up to buy books by Russell, Baldwin, and Chase?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did L'Amour read in Klamath Falls, Oregon?

2. What animal did Cheng Ho bring back from Africa for the emperor's zoo?

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

4. How much gold was L'Amour able to pan when he was at the mine?

5. In Chapter 11, how much did Modern Library editions cost?

(see the answer key)

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