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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. Where did the shipwreck take place that was written about in Shakespeare's "Tempest"?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Puerto Rico.

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

3. Where did most of the stories in "Arabian Nights" originate?
(a) India.
(b) Persia.
(c) Arabia.
(d) Egypt.

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

5. Who was L'Amour's first employer?
(a) Western Union.
(b) Standard Oil.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) The local newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour go after his suitcase was stolen?

2. Where had L'Amour planned to go after he got his parents settled? .

3. Where did L'Amour work in a veneer plant?

4. At the time of the writing of the book, how long were L'Amour and the Irishman who loaned him money friends?

5. In Chapter 1, when was L'Amour in Singapore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't L'Amour believe that the sites of the battles during the American-Indian wars was a matter of chance?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was old man Peterson's story?

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

10. What were bookstores like in Chapter 10?

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