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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 was the weather like in the valley in Chapter 9?
(a) Cold and frosty.
(b) Warm and breezy.
(c) Good hiking weather.
(d) Hot and humid.

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

3. How did the bear initially react to John?
(a) It chased him.
(b) It sniffed him, then moved on.
(c) It ignored him.
(d) It did not run away.

4. Why did John's father sell the crops the family grows?
(a) To support missionaries.
(b) To build the children's inheritance.
(c) To buy his way into politics.
(d) To support the family.

5. Where did John's father take the family in Chapter 2?
(a) Wales.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Utah.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was the ice cone?

2. How far down into the ice cone could John see?

3. In what season did John have unsteady work in the Yosemite Valley?

4. According to Chapter 3, when did John's father relocate the family?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

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

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

9. What two characteristics are common to Scottish children, according to John?

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

(see the answer keys)

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