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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the Adobe Walls fight, how many buffalo hunters fought off Comanche and Kiowa warriors?
(a) 52.
(b) 32.
(c) 28.
(d) 42.

4. When was it said that paper was invented?
(a) 209
(b) 54.
(c) 78.
(d) 106.

5. At what distance did Billy Dixon shoot an Indian off his horse?
(a) 1/2 a mile.
(b) 3/4 of a mile.
(c) ⅞ of a mile.
(d) 1 mile.

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

7. When did L'Amour sell his first short story for cash?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1947.

8. Who wrote a law book that was the key to much western law?
(a) Williams.
(b) Davidson.
(c) Blackstone.
(d) Browning.

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

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

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

12. Whose translation of the Shah-nama did L'Amour prefer?
(a) William Wright.
(b) Andrew Barett.
(c) Reuben Levy.
(d) Peter Davidson.

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

14. How many boys in L'Amour's Golden Gloves boxing team became novice champions in their divisions?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

15. Who wrote the book that L'Amour had in his back pocket when he met Gillespie?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Buckle.
(c) Smith.
(d) Draper.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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. .

2. What city was Oak Creek Canyon near?

3. Who wrote the quotation at the beginning of Chapter 25?

4. Where did L'Amour's first contact in Shanghai come from?

5. How many days did it usually take the U.S.S. Boise to travel from Europe to the U.S.?

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