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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 old was L'Amour when he obtained his first job?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

2. How tall was L'Amour as an adult?
(a) 7 feet 1 inch.
(b) 6 feet 2 inches.
(c) 6 feet 4 inches.
(d) 5 feet. 11 inches.

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

4. Where did L'Amour eat breakfast with an old man who gave him a ride in Chapter 4?
(a) Crane.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Bowie.
(d) Ballinger.

5. During the year that L'Amour kept track of the books he read, how many did he read while waiting for people?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the magazine that published the first modern stories of science fiction?

2. Where did L'Amour met a group of university professors in the 1920s who were exciting, stimulating, and fun?

3. How many volumes of books by Alexandre Dumas did L'Amour find on the shelves of the library?

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

5. At the time L'Amour wrote the book, at how many universities and colleges had he lectured?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Pete Petrolle?

3. What was L'Amour's view of education?

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

5. What were the "Little Blue Books"?

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

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

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

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

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

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