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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did John's father move the family in Chapter 3?
(a) He's tired of the area.
(b) His job transfers him to a new state.
(c) The soil is poor where they are.
(d) He loses his job.

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

4. How long was John given to recover after he nearly drifted off to sleep working for his father?
(a) A week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A few hours.
(d) A day.

5. What did John do when he first saw the bear?
(a) Rushed at it.
(b) Played dead.
(c) Ignored it.
(d) Ran from it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was at the top of the ice cone?

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

3. What caused John to start drifting off to sleep while working for his father?

4. John's journey going to take him up the coast from ______________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were John's geographical movements at the beginning of Chapter 6? What work did he do at this time?

2. What happened to John when he was finishing the well that needed to be dug on the family's land?

3. How did John get across an area he could not pass in Chapter 5?

4. Who was John's father? What kind of man was he? How do you know?

5. Explain John's first encounter with a bear.

6. After his second encounter with a bear, explain how John's attitude and behavior toward bears changed.

7. Explain avalanche-riding. What was John's experience with it?

8. What happened when Daniel encouraged his children to imitate frogs to learn to swim? How did John react?

9. How did John feel about shepherding? How did he deal with his feelings?

10. What are "scoochers?" Give one example.

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