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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) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. What animal did Cheng Ho bring back from Africa for the emperor's zoo?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Rhinoceros.

3. What author was L'Amour reading when a pedantic professor gave him a ride?
(a) Schopenhauer.
(b) Comte.
(c) Engels.
(d) Nietzche.

4. After registering with the Marine Services Bureau, how long did L'Amour discover it might take before he would get a job?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 months.

5. Near what peak did the Apache that Peterson lived with plan to attack?
(a) Stein's.
(b) Whitney.
(c) Elias.
(d) Blackburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. On three occasions, how long did L'Amour go without eating anything?

2. How long did a boy tell L'Amour that Arabs had been in the East Indies?

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

4. Where did Russian Joe Smith get picked up?

5. How many books and plays did L'Amour read in 1930?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who had all the advantages when it comes to adventure?

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

4. What type of work did L'Amour do in a veneer plant?

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

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

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

8. What were bookstores like in Chapter 10?

9. How did L'Amour describe his life?

10. How did Shorty Harris lose a rich claim?

(see the answer keys)

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