2. What happened to John one day at the ice cone?
(a) He was nearly crushed by some falling ice.
(b) He was nearly hit by some frozen spray.
(c) He encountered a bear.
(d) He broke his arm getting to the ice cone.

3. What happened to John in Chapter 5 that was the worst he ever experienced?
(a) An argument with his father.
(b) A sickness.
(c) A difficult job.
(d) A fall while climbing.

4. In what month was John born?
(a) April.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) May.

5. According to Chapter 4, when did John have free time?
(a) Around midnight.
(b) After dusk.
(c) Before dawn.
(d) During lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John react when he spent a summer in the city?

2. How did John spend the little free time he had?

3. What did John want to investigate in the early summer of 1869?

4. From where did John earn a degree?

5. What did the children discover about John's family home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the residents of Yosemite Valley think of John?

2. What happened to John when he was finishing the well that needed to be dug on the family's land?

3. Explain John's eye injury, and what happened afterward.

4. How did John get across an area he could not pass in Chapter 5?

5. Why did John hike in the winter? What do you think this particular season offered that was different from warmer weather hikes?

6. Explain John's climbing of the ice cone.

7. What did John do in the fall of 1869? What did readers learn about him at the end of Chapter 8?

8. Explain avalanche-riding. What was John's experience with it?

9. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

10. What did John do in the days after his first encounter with a bear?

(see the answer keys)

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