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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. On one (and possibly) three sides of L'Amour's family, how many generations have been in America?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

2. Who wrote "Ancient Geography of India"?
(a) Cummingham.
(b) Darlington.
(c) Pronton.
(d) Wyatt.

3. In what desert did L'Amour believe that the remains of an ancient civilization might be discovered?
(a) Taklamakan.
(b) Sechura.
(c) Kalahari.
(d) Nubian.

4. What desert did a part of five monks travel through in A.D. 399?
(a) Gobi.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Kalahari.
(d) Taklamakan.

5. In California in the 1920s, how long was a boxing bout?
(a) 4 rounds.
(b) 3 rounds.
(c) 5 rounds.
(d) 6 rounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did L'Amour mention that was a somewhat pornographic Chinese novel?

2. Who wrote a law book that was the key to much western law?

3. Where did L'Amour settle down to try to become a writer?

4. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?

5. What languages did the man speak in addition to his native tongue who told L'Amour about the "Sejarah Melayu"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did L'Amour regret not stealing some books?

2. What was Nalanda University?

3. Once L'Amour could no longer find the books he wanted in library, where did he have to find books?

4. Describe the brother and sister L'Amour met in Shanghai.

5. What was the New Madrid earthquake?

6. How did L'Amour meet a man named Gillespie?

7. What is the plot of L'Amour's story "The Walking Drum"?

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

9. After World War II when L'Amour was living in Los Angeles, where would L'Amour often go?

10. What was L'Amour's experience at Weepah?

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