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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Doubtful Canyon?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) 9 miles.
(c) 8-10 miles.
(d) 3-5 miles.

2. How long did L'Amour spend in Los Angeles?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 days.

3. Near what peak did the Apache that Peterson lived with plan to attack?
(a) Elias.
(b) Blackburn.
(c) Stein's.
(d) Whitney.

4. Where did L'Amour work in a veneer plant?
(a) Washington.
(b) California.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Utah.

5. When was "Erewhon" written?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1872.

6. Where did Professor Percival Lowell study Mars?
(a) Roswell.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Flagstaff.

7. What book of Kipling's did L'Amour buy from Dulfakir?
(a) Departmental Ditties.
(b) The Jungle Book.
(c) The Elephant's Child.
(d) Just So Stories.

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

9. How far did L'Amour travel with his boss when he went to work on a claim in Chapter 7?
(a) 70 miles.
(b) 68 miles.
(c) 55 miles.
(d) 35 miles.

10. What Indian territory surrounded Stein's Pass?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Apache.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Commanche.

11. What did L'Amour drink after his walk from Death Valley?
(a) Coke.
(b) Tea.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Milk.

12. How long did the last caretaker of the mine last before he quit?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 5 days.

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

14. At the time of the writing of the book, how long were L'Amour and the Irishman who loaned him money friends?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 58 years.
(d) 38 years.

15. How many rounds might L'Amour go in a day with Pete before he met Billy?
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In September, how high would temperatures get in the desert?

4. In Chapter 12, how much did an Irishman loan L'Amour?

5. When did Goethe begin writing "Faust"?

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