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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Doubtful Canyon?
(a) 3-5 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 9 miles.
(d) 8-10 miles.

2. Where did L'Amour read "Don Juan"?
(a) On a beach.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) On an Arab dhow.
(d) In a library.

3. What did L'Amour use to kill rabbits at his parents' new home?
(a) .22 rifle.
(b) Traps.
(c) Slingshot.
(d) Poison.

4. What was the nationality of the man who was able to dig 4 holes a day for concrete piers along with L'Amour?
(a) Dutch.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Norwegian.

5. About how fast was L'Amour able to walk after he damaged the Model T?
(a) 1/2 mph.
(b) 3 mph.
(c) 2 mph.
(d) 1 mph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the shipwreck take place that was written about in Shakespeare's "Tempest"?

2. How old was an old man named Peterson who told L'Amour a story?

3. How old was L'Amour when he left school?

4. What canyon did L'Amour want to see in Chapter 4?

5. Where did Professor Percival Lowell study Mars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two reasons influenced L'Amour to drop out of school?

2. Why did seaman prefer to ship from the west coast?

3. What was L'Amour's view of education?

4. What were bookstores like in Chapter 10?

5. How did L'Amour keep from being disappointed by the constant flow of rejection slips he received?

6. What did L'Amour believe that universities provided?

7. Describe the Indian who lived neared the mine L'Amour worked at?

8. Before L'Amour ended up in Singapore, what were some jobs he had held?

9. Why didn't the man L'Amour worked for in Chapter 7 work his own mines?

10. Why did L'Amour work so many jobs?

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