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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. What book by Jack London prepared L'Amour for rejection?
(a) John Barleycorn.
(b) The Call of the Wild.
(c) White Fang.
(d) Martin Eden.

2. Where did Pete's manager own and operate a cafe?
(a) Chariton.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Newton.
(d) Millersburg.

3. Who taught L'Amour how to use a six-shooter?
(a) Charles Allison.
(b) John Hicks.
(c) Bill Tilghman.
(d) Jim Newman.

4. How many books did L'Amour have in his personal library?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast would a camel travel?

2. Where did L'Amour have a suitcase stolen?

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

4. How old was Pete Boering when L'Amour met him?

5. How much gold was L'Amour able to pan when he was at the mine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did L'Amour have to say about plots in stories?

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

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

4. Why did L'Amour say that it was an act of kindness when the Roman soldiers gave Jesus a drink of vinegar on the cross?

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

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

7. Who was Pete Petrolle?

8. What would L'Amour do after being paid for skinning cattle?

9. What was old man Peterson's story?

10. What were bookstores like in Chapter 10?

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