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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?
(a) 95 pounds.
(b) 250 pounds.
(c) 300 pounds.
(d) 280 pounds.

2. On what Indian reservation was Mancos Canyon located?
(a) Hopi.
(b) Hualapai.
(c) Ute.
(d) Navajo.

3. How old did Chris Madsen live to be?
(a) 93.
(b) Over 90.
(c) About 80.
(d) 85.

4. How old was Dixon when he came west?
(a) 16.
(b) 31.
(c) 23.
(d) 14.

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

6. What was Professor Walter Campbell's pen name?
(a) Stanley Vestal.
(b) Robert Peters.
(c) Michael Williams.
(d) David Andrews.

7. In what region did many of the black empires exist?
(a) Niger.
(b) Arabia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sudan.

8. Who wrote "The Army of the Future"?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Fuller.
(c) De Gaulle.
(d) Napoleon.

9. How many days did it usually take the U.S.S. Boise to travel from Europe to the U.S.?
(a) 4-4 ½ days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 5-6 days.

10. At the end of Chapter 22, what country did L'Amour mention that was invaded many times, but never invaded anyone?
(a) Greece.
(b) China.
(c) Persia.
(d) India.

11. In ancient times, how many ships a day might sail from the Red Sea coast of Egypt to India?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. Where did L'Amour read "Taras Bulba"?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

13. When did the Rev. Andrew Burnaby write "Through the Middle Settlements of North America"?
(a) 1801-1803.
(b) 1759-1760.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1782.

14. Who wrote what L'Amour considered to be the best history of Japan?
(a) Robert Wyatt.
(b) Charles Terry.
(c) George Sansom.
(d) David Hampton.

15. What desert did a part of five monks travel through in A.D. 399?
(a) Gobi.
(b) Taklamakan.
(c) Kalahari.
(d) Sahara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Chinese dynasty did L'Amour believe was one of the most glorious? .

3. What was L'Amour's first motion picture?

4. What book did L'Amour mention that was a somewhat pornographic Chinese novel?

5. Who was the main character of L'Amour's novel "The Walking Drum"?

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