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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. Where did John's father take the family in Chapter 2?

2. What did John travel to the top of a few days after his first encounter with the bear?

3. What happened to John one day at the ice cone?

4. Why did John take the action he did when he first saw the bear?

5. What did John climb in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

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

4. Did John have free time? If so, what did he do with it. If not, why not?

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

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

7. What happened when Daniel encouraged his children to imitate frogs to learn to swim? How did John react?

8. What was the winter like in Yosemite Valley? How did the people and animals deal with the weather?

9. What were John's geographical movements at the beginning of Chapter 6? What work did he do at this time?

10. Who was John's father? What kind of man was he? How do you know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain John's Muir's last adventure, according to The Wild Muir.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast John's adventures alone with his adventures with companions. Why are there such differences in his adventures with companions?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events that led to John's commitment to a life in the wilderness.

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