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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 wide was the Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming?
(a) ¼ of a mile.
(b) 1 miles.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) 18 inches.

2. How many texts did Kumarajiva translate from Sanskrit into Chinese?
(a) More than 100.
(b) 89.
(c) 57.
(d) About 200.

3. On what Indian reservation was Mancos Canyon located?
(a) Hualapai.
(b) Ute.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Hopi.

4. How many Nobel Prize winners did L'Amour believe wrote in "Story."
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. What writer did L'Amour say led off fiction about the American frontier?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Mayne Reid.
(c) James W. Steele.
(d) Captain Charles King.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was L'Amour on a small ship off the Florida coast when a hurricane ripped Miami?

2. What languages did the man speak in addition to his native tongue who told L'Amour about the "Sejarah Melayu"?

3. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?

4. How many years did it take for Flaubert to complete "Madame Bovary"?

5. On the U.S.S. Boise returning from France, where was the boy from who fascinated L'Amour with tales of his experiences in Burma and India?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Bodhidharma?

3. Why didn't L'Amour ever work on a story with anyone?

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

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

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

7. What was Nalanda University?

8. How did L'Amour learn about the "Sejarah Melayu"?

9. Who was Billy Dixon?

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

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