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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 many books and plays did L'Amour read in 1930?
(a) 142.
(b) 115.
(c) 87.
(d) 94.

2. What did L'Amour read in Klamath Falls, Oregon?
(a) The Brothers Karamazov.
(b) House of the Dead.
(c) Crime and Punishment.
(d) Poor Folk.

3. How much gold was L'Amour able to pan when he was at the mine?
(a) $200.
(b) $250.
(c) $350.
(d) $300.

4. What did L'Amour eat out of a can after he damaged the Model T?
(a) Peas.
(b) Corn.
(c) Apricots.
(d) Pears.

5. What did L'Amour hit in Chapter 8?
(a) Tree.
(b) Building.
(c) Cow.
(d) Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?

2. How many volumes of books by Alexandre Dumas did L'Amour find on the shelves of the library?

3. Where was Muhammed Dulfakir's shop located?

4. How long after Peterson was taken by the Apaches did he partake in a war party?

5. How many books were in the reading room of the Seaman's Institute?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did L'Amour save himself a lot of hardship?

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

3. Describe the steelworker who started following the rails with L'Amour.

4. Who was the man in Chapter 4 who gave L'Amour a ride to Tucson?

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

6. Who was Pete Petrolle?

7. What did L'Amour do when he finally got to Barstow after working on a mine claim?

8. What was old man Peterson's story?

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

10. Why didn't L'Amour recommend his way of learning to others?

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