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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 did John view during his hikes at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The birds.
(b) The weather.
(c) Other hikers.
(d) The bears.

2. On what lake did John live when his father relocated them in Chapter 2?
(a) The Great Salt Lake.
(b) Lake Econlockhatchee.
(c) Fountain Lake.
(d) Lake Erie.

3. What did John climb in Chapter 10?
(a) A dam.
(b) A tree.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A canyon.

4. After John's second encounter with the bear, how did bears generally treat him?
(a) They did not change their behavior.
(b) They stayed away from him.
(c) They followed him to observe him.
(d) They gave him notice of their coming.

5. Where was the ice cone?
(a) Near Mount Shasta.
(b) The exact location is not known.
(c) At Yosemite Falls.
(d) In Indian Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John first use his talents with machines after earning his degree?

2. How high did snow pile up on the Yosemite?

3. What kind of a father was John's father?

4. What did John do when he first saw the bear?

5. What was one of John's favorite playgrounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John do in the fall of 1869? What did readers learn about him at the end of Chapter 8?

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

3. Explain John's education, and what he did with his degree.

4. Describe the ice cone.

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

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

7. Where did John want to go in Chapter 5? What concerns did he have about it?

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

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

10. What did John do in 1869?

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