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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. Who taught L'Amour how to use a six-shooter?

2. What canyon did L'Amour want to see in Chapter 4?

3. Where did L'Amour met a group of university professors in the 1920s who were exciting, stimulating, and fun?

4. Where did L'Amour have a suitcase stolen?

5. When was "Erewhon" written?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't the man L'Amour worked for in Chapter 7 work his own mines?

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

3. How did L'Amour describe his life?

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

5. What did L'Amour believe that universities provided?

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

7. What types of hunger had L'Amour known in his life?

8. What was L'Amour's view of education?

9. Who had all the advantages when it comes to adventure?

10. Describe the steelworker who started following the rails with L'Amour.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 8 L'Amour discussed how writers learn their trade. Discuss L'Amour's view of writing and his efforts to write.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 28, L'Amour stated that his book was a record of his search for knowledge. Discuss why the book was a record of L'Amour's search for knowledge.

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