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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. When was Seri Turi Buana installed as king?

2. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?

3. 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. .

4. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did L'Amour believe he should have known better when he thought the U.S.S. Boise would get him home in 4-4 ½ days?

4. How was L'Amour first able to learn the stories from Iran's great Book of Kings?

5. Why did L'Amour say that the western pioneers were select people?

6. What was L'Amour's experience at Weepah?

7. What was the New Madrid earthquake?

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

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

10. Who was Billy Dixon?

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 9, L'Amour described the lives of men who were waiting for jobs at sea. Discuss how men who were unemployed sailors spent their time.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 3, L'Amour drifted down to the sea for a job. Discuss L'Amour's experiences as a seaman.

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