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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. What animal did Cheng Ho bring back from Africa for the emperor's zoo?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Rhinoceros.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Giraffe.

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

3. Where had L'Amour planned to go after he got his parents settled? .
(a) San Diego.
(b) New Orleans
(c) New York.
(d) Miami.

4. What was one of the first books L'Amour remembered reading?
(a) The Deerslayer.
(b) Kidnapped.
(c) Twice Told Tales.
(d) Treasure Island.

5. When did Sun-tzu write about the basic principles of military strategy?
(a) 1,000 A.D.
(b) 1,000 B.C.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 500 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many white men died in the stagecoach attack that Peterson described?

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

3. How far did L'Amour travel with his boss when he went to work on a claim in Chapter 7?

4. When did Crook fight a battle with the Indians as L'Amour mentioned in Chapter 13?

5. Where did Professor Percival Lowell study Mars?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did L'Amour keep from being disappointed by the constant flow of rejection slips he received?

2. What two reasons influenced L'Amour to drop out of school?

3. Who was the man in Chapter 4 who gave L'Amour a ride to Tucson?

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

5. What was old man Peterson's story?

6. Why did L'Amour work so many jobs?

7. Describe the steelworker who started following the rails with L'Amour.

8. What did L'Amour believe that universities provided?

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

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

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