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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the first place that L'Amour looked for a job in Los Angeles?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Factory.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Docks.

2. When did L'Amour believe that the C.C. Brown translation of the "Sejarah Melayu" was written?
(a) 1712.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1612.

3. Who was one of the millionaires of the Comstock Lode that L'Amour said walked into Virginia City broken and left with $200 million?
(a) Pat McLaughlin.
(b) Peter O'Riley.
(c) John Mackay.
(d) Emanuel Penrod.

4. During the year that L'Amour kept track of the books he read, how many did he read while waiting for people?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

5. What was the name of the author who went to high school in L'Amour's hometown?
(a) Maxwell Anderson.
(b) W. H. Auden.
(c) Louis MacNeice.
(d) E. E. Kellett.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was L'Amour on a small ship off the Florida coast when a hurricane ripped Miami?

2. Where did L'Amour send a review of the book "Anthony Adverse"?

3. Where did Professor Percival Lowell study Mars?

4. When did Crook fight a battle with the Indians as L'Amour mentioned in Chapter 13?

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

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