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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. What book did David Buxton write that L'Amour read?

2. Who wrote "Ancient Geography of India"?

3. How many bronze stars was L'Amour awarded?

4. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?

5. How large is the desert of Taklamakan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why didn't L'Amour ever work on a story with anyone?

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

6. What did L'Amour remember about reading one cold night in Paris?

7. How did L'Amour learn about the "Sejarah Melayu"?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11, L'Amour proposed that only someone who had learned much could appreciate his ignorance. Discuss why only someone who had learned much could appreciate his ignorance.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 21, after L'Amour listened to a speech where the man stumbled and foundered and everyone suffered with the speaker, L'Amour decided he need to learn how to speak in public. Discuss why and how L'Amour became a public speaker.

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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