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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what peak did the Apache that Peterson lived with plan to attack?
(a) Elias.
(b) Blackburn.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Stein's.

2. Where did L'Amour met a group of university professors in the 1920s who were exciting, stimulating, and fun?
(a) University of Missouri.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Oklahoma.
(d) University of Iowa.

3. Where did most of the stories in "Arabian Nights" originate?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Arabia.
(c) Persia.
(d) India.

4. Where did L'Amour go after his suitcase was stolen?
(a) Fresno.
(b) Oxnard.
(c) Santa Clara.
(d) Barstow.

5. How old was L'Amour when he met Pete?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books were in the reading room of the Seaman's Institute?

2. In what mountains was the claim where L'Amour worked in Chapter 7?

3. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?

4. How old was Pete Boering when L'Amour met him?

5. When did Sun-tzu write about the basic principles of military strategy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were some army officers who wrote about the Indian and his culture?

2. Describe the mine where L'Amour was to be a caretaker.

3. Why didn't L'Amour look for a job right away when he got to Los Angeles?

4. Why did L'Amour say that it was an act of kindness when the Roman soldiers gave Jesus a drink of vinegar on the cross?

5. What would L'Amour do after being paid for skinning cattle?

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

7. What were bookstores like in Chapter 10?

8. How did L'Amour save himself a lot of hardship?

9. Why did seaman prefer to ship from the west coast?

10. Describe the Indian who lived neared the mine L'Amour worked at?

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