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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did a boy tell L'Amour that Arabs had been in the East Indies?

2. In September, how high would temperatures get in the desert?

3. How many acres did the home have that L'Amour brought his parents to after they left Oregon?

4. What author was L'Amour reading when a pedantic professor gave him a ride?

5. What was the nationality of the man who was able to dig 4 holes a day for concrete piers along with L'Amour?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were bookstores like in Chapter 10?

2. How did L'Amour get away from the steelworker who expected L'Amour to take care of him?

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

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

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

7. Why didn't L'Amour recommend his way of learning to others?

8. Who was Pete Petrolle?

9. Why didn't L'Amour believe that the sites of the battles during the American-Indian wars was a matter of chance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11-12, L'Amour discussed how writers obtained ideas for their writing. Discuss some ways writers obtained ideas for writing.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 1, L'Amour explained his views of what an education was and was not. Discuss L'Amour's definition and views of an education.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 6, L'Amour took a job where he was totally alone. Discuss the job and how it affected those who worked there.

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