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

2. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?
(a) 234 A.D.
(b) 672-692 A.D.
(c) 345-375 A.D.
(d) 539 A.D.

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

4. How old was Dixon when he came west?
(a) 23.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 31.

5. Who wrote "The Mississippi Valley Frontier"?
(a) Engels.
(b) Salzman.
(c) Mosey.
(d) Caruso.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what Indian reservation was Mancos Canyon located?

3. What was the name of the small railroad that L'Amour would take to the wilderness area of Sycamore Canyon in Arizona?

4. Who operated the Brown Derby in Hollywood?

5. What was the latest date on a collect of eight or ten books of ancient maps that L'Amour viewed at a chateau on the outskirts of Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 21, how did L'Amour get a typewriter?

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

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

6. Why did a woman want a dentist to set a diamond in one of her front teeth?

7. What was the New Madrid earthquake?

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

9. Who was Singapore Charlie?

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

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