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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. Where was the small journal published that published some of L'Amour's poetry in Chapter 15?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Emory University.
(c) Simpson College.
(d) Berkeley.

2. What book did David Buxton write that L'Amour read?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Travels in Ethiopia.
(c) The Mountains of Rasseles.
(d) A Short History of South Africa.

3. Was the the name of L'Amour's first novel?
(a) Kid Rodelo.
(b) Borden Chantry.
(c) Catlow.
(d) Westward the Tide.

4. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?
(a) Cliff Brycelea.
(b) Urshel Taylor.
(c) Dana Tiger.
(d) Jerome Bushyhead.

5. In what desert did L'Amour believe that the remains of an ancient civilization might be discovered?
(a) Nubian.
(b) Sechura.
(c) Taklamakan.
(d) Kalahari.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did it usually take the U.S.S. Boise to travel from Europe to the U.S.?

2. In what region did many of the black empires exist?

3. What book did L'Amour mention that was a somewhat pornographic Chinese novel?

4. How many short stories had L'Amour written when his first novel was published?

5. How far did L'Amour have to walk to mail his manuscripts in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did L'Amour say that the western pioneers were select people?

2. Why did a woman want a dentist to set a diamond in one of her front teeth?

3. After World War II when L'Amour was living in Los Angeles, where would L'Amour often go?

4. How did L'Amour believe that young people who loitered in the streets or gathered in gangs could find their way in the world?

5. Why was L'Amour impressed by the memories of Arabs during the Middle Ages?

6. Describe the brother and sister L'Amour met in Shanghai.

7. How was L'Amour first able to learn the stories from Iran's great Book of Kings?

8. Who was Singapore Charlie?

9. Why did L'Amour regret not stealing some books?

10. What was Nalanda University?

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