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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Climbing the Ice Cone, Chapter 10, The Snow Avalanche Ride.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did John go to the top of the dome?
(a) To draw.
(b) To swim in a hot spring.
(c) To spend time alone in nature.
(d) To hunt.

2. How high did snow pile up on the Yosemite?
(a) More than twenty feet.
(b) Around seven feet.
(c) It was impossible to measure due to drifting.
(d) Ten or fifteen feet.

3. In what year did John have unsteady work in the Yosemite Valley?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1868.
(c) The exact year is not known.
(d) 1870.

4. How many hours a day did John and his siblings work on the land for their father?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to John one day at the ice cone?

2. Who was the boat's owner whom John talked to about his passage?

3. According to Chapter 10, when was something replaced on the Yosemite before?

4. Where did John go after heading south in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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