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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Pete Petrolle from?

2. How many days was L'Amour supposed to work a claim in Chapter 7?

3. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?

4. How old was L'Amour when he obtained his first job?

5. Where did Russian Joe Smith get picked up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was old man Peterson's story?

2. What did L'Amour have to say about plots in stories?

3. How did L'Amour keep from being disappointed by the constant flow of rejection slips he received?

4. Why did L'Amour have to walk from Death Valley?

5. Who was the man in Chapter 4 who gave L'Amour a ride to Tucson?

6. What type of work did L'Amour do in a veneer plant?

7. What were the "Little Blue Books"?

8. What did L'Amour do when he finally got to Barstow after working on a mine claim?

9. Who was Pete Petrolle?

10. How did Shorty Harris lose a rich claim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1, L'Amour explained his views of what an education was and was not. Discuss L'Amour's definition and views of an education.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 6, L'Amour took a job where he was totally alone. Discuss the job and how it affected those who worked there.

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of Chapter 7 is a quote about daring to do hard things. Discuss how L'Amour was a person who didn't hesitate to do hard things.

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