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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the author who went to high school in L'Amour's hometown?
(a) W. H. Auden.
(b) Maxwell Anderson.
(c) Louis MacNeice.
(d) E. E. Kellett.

2. How old was Pete Boering when L'Amour met him?
(a) 32.
(b) 28.
(c) 26.
(d) 30.

3. What book by Jack London prepared L'Amour for rejection?
(a) The Call of the Wild.
(b) Martin Eden.
(c) White Fang.
(d) John Barleycorn.

4. Where did L'Amour have his first and worst bout with seasickness?
(a) West Indies.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Cape Hatteras.

5. Where was the small journal published that published some of L'Amour's poetry in Chapter 15?
(a) Simpson College.
(b) Emory University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rounds might L'Amour go in a day with Pete before he met Billy?

2. In what battle was General George Crook fought to a standstill?

3. How many Nobel Prize winners did L'Amour believe wrote in "Story."

4. About how fast was L'Amour able to walk after he damaged the Model T?

5. When did L'Amour sell his first short story for cash?

(see the answer key)

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