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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 days was L'Amour supposed to work a claim in Chapter 7?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

2. What was the usual occupation of the last man who tried to stay at the mine?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Blacksmith.

3. How far did L'Amour travel with his boss when he went to work on a claim in Chapter 7?
(a) 70 miles.
(b) 55 miles.
(c) 68 miles.
(d) 35 miles.

4. How old was L'Amour when he met Pete?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

5. How old was L'Amour when he made his first attempt at creative writing?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour go to high school?

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

3. Where was Muhammed Dulfakir's shop located?

4. In Chapter 4, where was the machinist from who was headed to a job in El Paso?

5. Where did Professor Percival Lowell study Mars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of hunger had L'Amour known in his life?

2. How did L'Amour get away from the steelworker who expected L'Amour to take care of him?

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

4. How did Shorty Harris lose a rich claim?

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

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

7. Why did L'Amour have to walk from Death Valley?

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

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

10. Why didn't L'Amour look for a job right away when he got to Los Angeles?

(see the answer keys)

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