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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. How high did John climb in Chapter 15?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 150 feet.
(d) 400 feet.

2. What did John argue had a significant impact on the Sierra Nevadas, according to Chapter 19?
(a) Animal migration.
(b) Logging patterns.
(c) Glacier activity.
(d) The melting of glaciers.

3. What was the steamboat carrying in Chapter 19?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Mail.
(c) Lumber.
(d) Silks.

4. What was John's friend's job, according to Chapter 13?
(a) Environmentalist.
(b) University professor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Artist.

5. According to a note by Reverend Young, how long did John hike with the dog?
(a) 17 hours.
(b) Nearly 24 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) Two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day did John decide to climb in Chapter 15?

2. On what day did John lead a party up Mount Shasta?

3. In what month did Chapter 15 occur?

4. What did John encourage people to focus on during a storm?

5. The Yosemite indigenous believed that _____________ caused the natural event that was discussed in Chapter 12.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain John's relationship with Louise Wanda Strentzel.

3. How did John feel about the view at Tenaya Canyon? How do you know?

4. Why was John's judgment obscured in the incident on Mono Lake?

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

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

7. How did the artists react when John returned from his climb of Mount Ritter? Why?

8. What difficulties did John face on a survey in the wilderness with Captain A. F. Rodgers?

9. Explain John's view of trees.

10. Describe John's tree-climbing experience.

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