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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. At what distance did Billy Dixon shoot an Indian off his horse?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 1/2 a mile.
(c) ⅞ of a mile.
(d) 3/4 of a mile.

2. What country western singer visited Mesa Verde with L'Amour and his family?
(a) Charlie Daniels.
(b) Billy Ray Cyrus.
(c) Alan Jackson.
(d) Boxcar Willie.

3. What book did L'Amour read by Malcom Rogers?
(a) Ancient Hunters of the Far West.
(b) Humboldt to the Pacific.
(c) Journey to the Rocky Mountains.
(d) Conquest of New Mexico and California.

4. Where did L'Amour begin writing "Education of a Wandering Man"?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) London.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Paris.

5. Who wrote the quotation at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Tennyson.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of the millionaires of the Comstock Lode that L'Amour said walked into Virginia City broken and left with $200 million?

2. What was L'Amour's first motion picture?

3. Where did L'Amour read "Burning Daylight"?

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

5. Who wrote "Ancient Geography of India"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Nalanda University?

2. Why was infection rare in the earliest days in the mountains?

3. Who was John Mackay? .

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

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

6. Who was Singapore Charlie?

7. When L'Amour settled down to write, what three categories was the magazine field divided into?

8. How did L'Amour meet a man named Gillespie?

9. Once L'Amour could no longer find the books he wanted in library, where did he have to find books?

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

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