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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Tree Ride, Chapter 16, A Perilous Night on Mount Shasta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused John to start drifting off to sleep while working for his father?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Carbonic gas.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Venom from a snake.

2. What caused the things John wanted to track the origin of in Chapter 12?
(a) A flood.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A forest fire.

3. What was replaced on the Yosemite, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Foliage.
(b) Schools of fish.
(c) Snow.
(d) Firewood.

4. What did John decide to do regarding bears after his second encounter?
(a) Give them notice of his coming.
(b) Hunt them.
(c) Avoid them.
(d) Try to befriend them.

5. Why did John do something different at the half-way point of the mountain?
(a) He couldn't move up or down.
(b) He wanted to prepare for future climbs.
(c) He had run out of water.
(d) He wanted to let his friend know where he was on the climb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the ice cone?

2. How many times did John climb Mount Shasta?

3. In what year did Chapter 16 occur?

4. Who is the author of The Wild Muir?

5. On what lake did John live when his father relocated them in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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