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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. The Yosemite indigenous believed that _____________ caused the natural event that was discussed in Chapter 12.
(a) Angry spirits.
(b) Another tribe's medicine man.
(c) White settlers.
(d) The god of the mountains.

2. What natural event occurred in Chapter 15?
(a) A storm.
(b) A flood.
(c) A tornado.
(d) An earthquake.

3. According to Chapter 13, what was John's evening like on the first day of climbing?
(a) Almost religious.
(b) Arduous.
(c) Unnerving.
(d) Long.

4. How did John treat rattlesnakes after his initial encounters with them in Chapter 11?
(a) He avoided them.
(b) He turned them over to park rangers in his area.
(c) He tried to tame them.
(d) He ignored them.

5. How was John able to get going again after the half-way point on the mountain?
(a) He remembered a promise he made to his friend.
(b) He fell on purpose, letting his instincts kick in to save him.
(c) He found a fresh water spring to refill his canteen.
(d) He became bored of the view.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John lead a party up Mount Shasta?

2. How many times did John climb Mount Shasta?

3. What was John taking care of in Chapter 12?

4. Where did John spend the winter of 1872?

5. What denomination was the minister who met John on a steamboat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to John on his climb of Mount Ritter that ranked it among one of his most difficult?

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

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

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

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

7. What happened to Reverend Young while he was with John climbing mountains?

8. Describe the adventure John had with a small dog in Chapter 20.

9. How did the indigenous tribes of Yosemite react to the earthquake?

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

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