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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Ascent of Mount Ritter, Chapter 14, A Geologist's Winter Walk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, when did John have free time?
(a) During lunch.
(b) Before dawn.
(c) After dusk.
(d) Around midnight.

2. What concerned John about his destination in Chapter 5?
(a) Getting a disease.
(b) Frostbite.
(c) Internal conflict.
(d) The time needed to travel.

3. What term did John use to refer to sheep in Chapter 7?
(a) Woolly rats.
(b) Hoofed locusts.
(c) Natural diversions.
(d) Meadow companions.

4. What kind of life did John say was unnatural?
(a) Marriage.
(b) City life.
(c) Farm life.
(d) Monastic life.

5. How did the bear initially react to John?
(a) It sniffed him, then moved on.
(b) It ignored him.
(c) It chased him.
(d) It did not run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was John when his family relocated in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. How did residents of Yosemite feel about John, according to Chapter 9?

5. In what canyon was the dome John went to the top of after his first encounter with the bear?

(see the answer key)

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