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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. In Chapter 11, how much did Modern Library editions cost?
(a) $1.05.
(b) $1.25.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 95 cents.

2. How long did a boy tell L'Amour that Arabs had been in the East Indies?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 750 years.
(d) 1,000 years.

3. When was "Erewhon" written?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1894.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Indian territory surrounded Stein's Pass?

3. How many acres did the home have that L'Amour brought his parents to after they left Oregon?

4. After L'Amour ate his only can of food, how far was it to the town where he was headed?

5. What did L'Amour eat out of a can after he damaged the Model T?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Pete Petrolle?

3. What were the "Little Blue Books"?

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

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

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

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

8. How did L'Amour describe his life?

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

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

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