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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John want to see at the Sierra Nevada?
(a) The waterfalls.
(b) The peaks.
(c) The lights.
(d) The valleys.

2. What did John climb in Chapter 10?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A dam.
(c) A tree.
(d) A canyon.

3. In what year does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 1838.
(b) Present day.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1849.

4. What term did John use to refer to sheep in Chapter 7?
(a) Hoofed locusts.
(b) Natural diversions.
(c) Meadow companions.
(d) Woolly rats.

5. Where did John first use his talents with machines after earning his degree?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Canada.
(c) Scotland.
(d) New York.

6. Who once owned John's family home?
(a) A judge.
(b) A university professor.
(c) A minister.
(d) A physician.

7. According to a proprietor, what type of boat could help John with his passage?
(a) A Naval vessel.
(b) A freighter.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A luxury liner.

8. What did John travel to the top of a few days after his first encounter with the bear?
(a) East Dome.
(b) North Dome.
(c) West Dome.
(d) South Dome.

9. How long did the family of the boat's owner have to take care of John when he became sick?
(a) One month.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

10. What did the children discover about John's family home?
(a) They don't own it.
(b) It was once a church.
(c) It is going to be torn down.
(d) It is haunted.

11. How many hours a day did John and his siblings work on the land for their father?
(a) 10.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

12. What aspect of John is the focus of Chapter 9?
(a) His love of animals.
(b) His passion for the wilderness.
(c) His desire to have a family.
(d) His risk-taking behavior.

13. In what year did John have unsteady work in the Yosemite Valley?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1870.
(c) The exact year is not known.
(d) 1868.

14. Where did John arrive at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Galveston.
(b) London.
(c) Madison.
(d) San Francisco.

15. How far down into the ice cone could John see?
(a) About 140 feet.
(b) About 40 feet.
(c) About 10 feet.
(d) All the way to the bottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John's father move the family in Chapter 3?

2. Who told the children something frightening about John's family home?

3. Where did John go after the Sierra Nevada?

4. What caused John to start drifting off to sleep while working for his father?

5. Who took John to a doctor to attempt to heal his eyes?

(see the answer keys)

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