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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, An Interview with a Bear, Chapter 8, In the Midst of the Yosemite Fall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the year at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1868.

2. On what lake did John live when his father relocated them in Chapter 2?
(a) The Great Salt Lake.
(b) Lake Econlockhatchee.
(c) Fountain Lake.
(d) Lake Erie.

3. How did John spend the little free time he had?
(a) Inventing machines.
(b) Studying machines.
(c) Taking machines apart.
(d) Fixing machines.

4. What did the children discover about John's family home?
(a) They don't own it.
(b) It was once a church.
(c) It is going to be torn down.
(d) It is haunted.

5. Why did John take the action he did when he first saw the bear?
(a) To study its gait.
(b) To show it respect.
(c) To get the bear to leave him alone.
(d) To save his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to John in Chapter 5 that was the worst he ever experienced?

2. Where was the second place John used his talents with machines after earning his degree?

3. When did John have an accident that led him to commit to wilderness life?

4. Why did John think his father relocated the family in Chapter 3?

5. Why did John's father sell the crops the family grows?

(see the answer key)

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