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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the last caretaker of the mine last before he quit?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 weeks.

2. At the time of the writing of the book, how long were L'Amour and the Irishman who loaned him money friends?
(a) 58 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 38 years.

3. How long after Peterson was taken by the Apaches did he partake in a war party?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 7 years.

4. Where did L'Amour work in a veneer plant?
(a) California.
(b) Utah.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Washington.

5. What book of Kipling's did L'Amour buy from Dulfakir?
(a) The Jungle Book.
(b) Departmental Ditties.
(c) Just So Stories.
(d) The Elephant's Child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour read "Don Juan"?

2. Where was L'Amour working in Klamath Falls, Oregon?

3. What was the name of the magazine that published the first modern stories of science fiction?

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

5. How many holes for concrete piers could most men dig?

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