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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. Was the the name of L'Amour's first novel?
(a) Westward the Tide.
(b) Catlow.
(c) Borden Chantry.
(d) Kid Rodelo.

2. How long was the sailing season from Egypt to India?
(a) 180 days.
(b) 90 days.
(c) 200 days.
(d) 120 days.

3. How many boys in L'Amour's Golden Gloves boxing team became novice champions in their divisions?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. Whose translation of the Shah-nama did L'Amour prefer?
(a) William Wright.
(b) Andrew Barett.
(c) Peter Davidson.
(d) Reuben Levy.

5. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 280 pounds.
(c) 95 pounds.
(d) 250 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?

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

3. How old did Chris Madsen live to be?

4. How many days did it usually take the U.S.S. Boise to travel from Europe to the U.S.?

5. Where did L'Amour's first contact in Shanghai come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Billy Dixon?

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

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

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

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

7. When L'Amour settled down to write, what three categories was the magazine field divided into?

8. How did L'Amour believe that young people who loitered in the streets or gathered in gangs could find their way in the world?

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

10. Who was John Mackay? .

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