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

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

3. What did John do when he encountered the bear a second time?
(a) Ignored it.
(b) Played dead.
(c) Stared at it.
(d) Ran at it.

4. According to a proprietor, what type of boat could help John with his passage?
(a) A luxury liner.
(b) A freighter.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A Naval vessel.

5. What kind of a father was John's father?
(a) Absent.
(b) Tyrannical.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Gentle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interaction did John say he had with a bear in Chapter 7?

2. In what month was John born?

3. What did John want to investigate in the early summer of 1869?

4. How long did John explore the Sierra Nevada, according to Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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