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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. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?
(a) 345-375 A.D.
(b) 234 A.D.
(c) 539 A.D.
(d) 672-692 A.D.

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

3. Where did L'Amour's first contact in Shanghai come from?
(a) The Station.
(b) Greek.
(c) The Riot.
(d) Olympic.

4. Who was one of the female actresses in L'Amour's first motion picture?
(a) Hedy Lamarr.
(b) Kim Novak.
(c) Jane Russell.
(d) Marilyn Maxwell.

5. How many days did it take when L'Amour and his fellow officers traveled on the U.S.S. Boise to get from Europe to the U.S. .
(a) 10 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 16 days
(d) 5 days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While L'Amour was studying the Far East, how many books did he read in a year on the American West?

3. 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?

4. What was the name of the small railroad that L'Amour would take to the wilderness area of Sycamore Canyon in Arizona?

5. What Chinese dynasty did L'Amour believe was one of the most glorious? .

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Bodhidharma?

3. Who was Billy Dixon?

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

5. In Chapter 21, how did L'Amour get a typewriter?

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

7. Who was John Mackay? .

8. What was Nalanda University?

9. Who was Singapore Charlie?

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

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