The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What was different about the landmark John climbed in Chapter 10 in comparison to John's other mentioned landmarks?

2. How far down into the ice cone could John see?

3. What did John want to do to the ice cone in Chapter 9?

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

5. Where did John go after the Sierra Nevada?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain John's bout with a fever in Chapter 5.

2. Explain John's education, and what he did with his degree.

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

4. After his second encounter with a bear, explain how John's attitude and behavior toward bears changed.

5. How did John feel about city life?

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

7. How did John feel about shepherding? How did he deal with his feelings?

8. What did John and his siblings do on the family's land? Why?

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

10. What two characteristics are common to Scottish children, according to John?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain John's role in the preservation of wilderness in the Western Hemisphere, particularly the creation of Yosemite National Park.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between John Muir and his father.

Essay Topic 3

What is John Muir's legacy? What does he have to give to future generations?

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