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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did a boy tell L'Amour that Arabs had been in the East Indies?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 750 years.
(c) 400 years.
(d) 1,000 years.

3. How many holes for concrete piers could most men dig?
(a) 2.
(b) 2 ½.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. Where did L'Amour have a suitcase stolen?
(a) Seligman.
(b) Chino Valley.
(c) Ash Fork.
(d) Williams.

5. What did L'Amour eat out of a can after he damaged the Model T?
(a) Pears.
(b) Apricots.
(c) Peas.
(d) Corn.

6. What author did L'Amour think he might emulate at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) James Fennimore Cooper.
(c) Earnest Hemingway.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

7. How old was L'Amour when he made his first attempt at creative writing?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

9. How many books did L'Amour have in his personal library?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 15,000.

10. How old was L'Amour when he left school?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

11. What was the usual occupation of the last man who tried to stay at the mine?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Blacksmith.

12. Where did L'Amour read "Don Juan"?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) In a library.
(c) On a beach.
(d) On an Arab dhow.

13. How many miles did L'Amour walk in Chapter 4 before a large old man gave him a ride?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Pete Boering when L'Amour met him?

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

3. Where did L'Amour eat breakfast with an old man who gave him a ride in Chapter 4?

4. How many volumes of books by Alexandre Dumas did L'Amour find on the shelves of the library?

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

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