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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?
(a) 234 A.D.
(b) 672-692 A.D.
(c) 345-375 A.D.
(d) 539 A.D.

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

5. Where did L'Amour attend Officers' Candidate School?
(a) Camp Hood.
(b) Camp Robinson.
(c) Fort Bliss.
(d) Fort Worth.

6. How many texts did Kumarajiva translate from Sanskrit into Chinese?
(a) More than 100.
(b) About 200.
(c) 89.
(d) 57.

7. On the U.S.S. Boise returning from France, where was the boy from who fascinated L'Amour with tales of his experiences in Burma and India?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Montana.
(d) Missouri.

8. Where did L'Amour's first contact in Shanghai come from?
(a) The Riot.
(b) Olympic.
(c) The Station.
(d) Greek.

9. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?
(a) The Love Poems.
(b) Child of Passion.
(c) Childe Harold.
(d) A Romantic's Passion.

10. When were the Wolfville stories written?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1743.

11. Where did L'Amour settle down to try to become a writer?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Texas.

12. What writer and naturalist was on the spot when the New Madrid earthquake happened?
(a) Davis.
(b) Bradbury.
(c) Williams.
(d) Burnaby.

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

14. How many men did Alexander have in his army?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 8,900.
(d) 4,700.

15. In what desert did L'Amour believe that the remains of an ancient civilization might be discovered?
(a) Kalahari.
(b) Sechura.
(c) Nubian.
(d) Taklamakan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the only other ship that made the crossing during the storm L'Amour encountered on the Boise?

3. On one (and possibly) three sides of L'Amour's family, how many generations have been in America?

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

5. What was the name of the small railroad that L'Amour would take to the wilderness area of Sycamore Canyon in Arizona?

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