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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. What animal did John's father encourage him to imitate?
(a) An ant.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A cat.
(d) A frog.

2. Where did John first use his talents with machines after earning his degree?
(a) Canada.
(b) Scotland.
(c) New York.
(d) Wisconsin.

3. How far down into the ice cone could John see?
(a) About 40 feet.
(b) All the way to the bottom.
(c) About 10 feet.
(d) About 140 feet.

4. What kind of life did John say was unnatural?
(a) Farm life.
(b) Marriage.
(c) City life.
(d) Monastic life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did John earn a degree?

2. Where did John's father move the family in Chapter 3?

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

4. Who is the author of The Wild Muir?

5. What did John do when he encountered the bear a second time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Did John have free time? If so, what did he do with it. If not, why not?

3. Explain John's second encounter with a bear.

4. What was the winter like in Yosemite Valley? How did the people and animals deal with the weather?

5. How did John feel about city life?

6. What did the residents of Yosemite Valley think of John?

7. Explain John's climbing of the ice cone.

8. Describe the ice cone.

9. What did John and his siblings learn about their home? Who tells them?

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

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