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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. Who was NOT one of the friends John is probably referring to in Chapter 17?
(a) James Fey.
(b) William Keith.
(c) J. B. McChesney.
(d) John Sweet.

2. How many times did John climb Mount Shasta?
(a) Twice.
(b) Only once.
(c) Several.
(d) He never climbed to the top.

3. How long had John been a mountaineer by Chapter 16?
(a) Six years.
(b) Three years.
(c) All his life.
(d) Five years.

4. On what day did John lead a party up Mount Shasta?
(a) May 9th.
(b) June 16th.
(c) April 16th.
(d) April 28th.

5. What canyon did John explore when he left the city in Chapter 14?
(a) Pechaco.
(b) Grand.
(c) Yosemite.
(d) Tenaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day did Chapter 12 take place?

2. How did John treat rattlesnakes after his initial encounters with them in Chapter 11?

3. What caused the things John wanted to track the origin of in Chapter 12?

4. How long did John spend in the city in the winter of 1872?

5. Where did John spend the winter of 1872?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the account in Chapter 15 different from other accounts of John's adventures?

2. What did John argue about glacial activity? What did this lead him to do?

3. Where did John spend some time in the winter of 1872? How did he feel about this?

4. Explain what happened on March 26, 1872. Explain what John was doing at the time. How did he react to the earthquake?

5. What was the role of rattlesnakes in California, according to Chapter 11?

6. Describe John's third encounter with a rattlesnake. How did this change his treatment of them?

7. Who was William Keith? What was his relationship with John?

8. Who probably were the three friends mentioned in the Mono Lake Windstorm adventure? What were their careers?

9. What happened on John's difficult climb up Mount Shasta?

10. What happened at the beginning of John's exploration of Tenaya Canyon? How did he react to it?

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