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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John do when he reached the half-way point of the mountain?
(a) He sent up a flare.
(b) He went back down the mountain.
(c) He stopped.
(d) He set up a semi-permanent camp.

2. What was eaten by the animals that John was initially prejudiced against, according to Chapter 11?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Ladybugs.
(d) Moths.

3. What was the dog's name in Chapter 20?
(a) Stickeen.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Boots.
(d) Ronin.

4. On which side of the Sierra Nevada did a natural event occur in Chapter 12?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

5. Why did John and his friend spend several days at a campsite on their excursion?
(a) They were tracking an animal who has stopped.
(b) They were sketching the landscape.
(c) It had a beautiful view.
(d) John injured himself.

6. Who was NOT one of the friends John is probably referring to in Chapter 17?
(a) John Sweet.
(b) J. B. McChesney.
(c) James Fey.
(d) William Keith.

7. How wide was the crevasse John and the dog encountered on a glacier?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

8. How did the dog react to the difficulties he and John had on the glacier?
(a) He got tired and had to be carried.
(b) He ran ahead of John excitedly.
(c) He was unhappy.
(d) He followed willingly.

9. How is the account in Chapter 18 written?
(a) In second-person point of view.
(b) As an entry in a journal.
(c) As a letter.
(d) In third-person point of view.

10. What did John decide to climb while he was out in nature in Chapter 15?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A cliff face.
(c) A tree.
(d) A boulder.

11. How did the Yosemite indigenous react to the natural event?
(a) They fled.
(b) They offered animal sacrifices.
(c) They tried to drive white settlers off the land.
(d) They went to war with another tribe.

12. What natural event occurred in Chapter 12?
(a) A blizzard hit.
(b) A volcano erupted.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tornado tore through Yosemite.

13. In what year did Chapter 12 take place?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1873.

14. What is different about the second version of events in Chapter 19?
(a) The account is incomplete.
(b) There is much more detail.
(c) It focuses on the weather rather than the actual events.
(d) It is written in slang.

15. How tall is Mount Shasta?
(a) About 15,000 feet.
(b) 11,556 feet.
(c) 17,563 feet.
(d) 14,142 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural event occurred in Chapter 15?

2. Why did John do something different at the half-way point of the mountain?

3. On what day did John lead a party up Mount Shasta?

4. Where did John go in Chapter 15?

5. In what year did Chapter 15 occur?

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