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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the shipwreck take place that was written about in Shakespeare's "Tempest"?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Indonesia.

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

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

4. What author was L'Amour reading when a pedantic professor gave him a ride?
(a) Engels.
(b) Nietzche.
(c) Comte.
(d) Schopenhauer.

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

6. When did Sun-tzu write about the basic principles of military strategy?
(a) 1,000 A.D.
(b) 1,000 B.C.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 500 B.C.

7. How old was L'Amour when he met Pete?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

8. What animal did Cheng Ho bring back from Africa for the emperor's zoo?
(a) Rhinoceros.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Giraffe.
(d) Tiger.

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

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

11. What was L'Amour's father's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Veterinarian.
(d) Librarian.

12. When was L'Amour's great-grandfather killed and scalped?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1796.
(d) 1799.

13. After registering with the Marine Services Bureau, how long did L'Amour discover it might take before he would get a job?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

14. Where had L'Amour planned to go after he got his parents settled? .
(a) San Diego.
(b) New Orleans
(c) New York.
(d) Miami.

15. Where did L'Amour met a group of university professors in the 1920s who were exciting, stimulating, and fun?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Missouri.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) University of Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books and plays did L'Amour read in 1930?

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

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

4. Where did L'Amour have his first and worst bout with seasickness?

5. When was "Erewhon" written?

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