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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1838.
(d) Present day.

2. What agreement did John make with the owner of the boat in order to gain passage?
(a) John would serve for two years in the Navy.
(b) John would be the owner's traveling companion.
(c) John would pay him $700.
(d) John would work for him.

3. What was one of John's favorite playgrounds?
(a) Hickory Hill.
(b) Lake Econlockhatchee.
(c) Old Dunbar Castle.
(d) Fountain Lake.

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

5. How did John react when he spent a summer in the city?
(a) He felt like he was wasting away.
(b) He was inspired to write poetry.
(c) He felt at home.
(d) He wanted to leave his parents to make a life for himself.

6. How old was John when his family relocated in Chapter 3?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

7. Who is the author of The Wild Muir?
(a) Daniel Muir.
(b) William Keith.
(c) John Muir.
(d) The author is unknown.

8. John's journey going to take him up the coast from ______________.
(a) Cedar Keys.
(b) The Florida Keys.
(c) Galveston.
(d) Mexico.

9. Where did John hike at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The valley.
(b) The river.
(c) Mount Shasta.
(d) Meadows.

10. What was on the boat John took in Chapter 5?
(a) Produce.
(b) People.
(c) Lumber.
(d) Cotton.

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

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

13. What was different about the landmark John climbed in Chapter 10 in comparison to John's other mentioned landmarks?
(a) It was a common retreat for John.
(b) It was man made.
(c) It had never been explored.
(d) It was unidentified.

14. Where did John go after his arrival at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Indian Canyon.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Pacheco Pass.
(d) Yosemite Falls.

15. Where did John go after the Sierra Nevada?
(a) Yosemite Valley.
(b) Mount Shasta.
(c) Pacheco Pass.
(d) Indian Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did John earn a degree?

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

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

4. How many hours a day did John and his siblings work on the land for their father?

5. From where did John earn a degree?

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