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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many bronze stars was L'Amour awarded?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. How wide was the Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming?
(a) 18 inches.
(b) 1 miles.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) ¼ of a mile.

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

5. How old was Fa-hien when he died?
(a) 88.
(b) 73.
(c) 98.
(d) 104.

6. In what year was L'Amour on a small ship off the Florida coast when a hurricane ripped Miami?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.

7. How many days did it take when L'Amour and his fellow officers traveled on the U.S.S. Boise to get from Europe to the U.S. .
(a) 8 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 16 days

8. Who was the black king of Haiti?
(a) Leon Laleau.
(b) Emile Nau.
(c) Henri Christophe. .
(d) Georges Anglade.

9. What city was Oak Creek Canyon near?
(a) Cornville.
(b) Sedona.
(c) Clarkdale.
(d) Prescott.

10. How long was the sailing season from Egypt to India?
(a) 200 days.
(b) 120 days.
(c) 180 days.
(d) 90 days.

11. Who operated the Brown Derby in Hollywood?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Manning.
(c) Cobb.
(d) Vining.

12. What country was Chris Madsen from?
(a) Finland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Denmark.

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

14. What was the name of the only other ship that made the crossing during the storm L'Amour encountered on the Boise?
(a) Alden.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Reno.
(d) Drum.

15. How many years did it take for Flaubert to complete "Madame Bovary"?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour begin writing "Education of a Wandering Man"?

2. Who wrote what L'Amour considered to be the best history of Japan?

3. In California in the 1920s, how long was a boxing bout?

4. How far did L'Amour have to walk to mail his manuscripts in Chapter 15?

5. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?

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