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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. Who wrote "The Army of the Future"?
(a) Fuller.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Hitler.

2. What was the name of the author who went to high school in L'Amour's hometown?
(a) E. E. Kellett.
(b) W. H. Auden.
(c) Maxwell Anderson.
(d) Louis MacNeice.

3. How many bronze stars was L'Amour awarded?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. How many short stories had L'Amour written when his first novel was published?
(a) 45.
(b) More than 100.
(c) About 50.
(d) 75.

5. What was the name of the small railroad that L'Amour would take to the wilderness area of Sycamore Canyon in Arizona?
(a) Aqua-Neuve.
(b) Verde-Mix.
(c) Pacific Northern.
(d) Burlington.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large is the desert of Taklamakan?

2. Who operated the Brown Derby in Hollywood?

3. Where did L'Amour attend Officers' Candidate School?

4. What city was Oak Creek Canyon near?

5. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Nalanda University?

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

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

4. How did L'Amour believe that a people group could be understood?

5. When L'Amour began his writing career, how did he write?

6. What were some social activities that were popular in the West?

7. What was L'Amour's experience at Weepah?

8. What did L'Amour remember about reading one cold night in Paris?

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

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

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