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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. Why did John think his father relocated the family in Chapter 3?
(a) To be able to help more missionaries.
(b) Out of spite.
(c) To be able to grow more food.
(d) To satisfy his wanderlust.

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

3. Why did John take the action he did when he first saw the bear?
(a) To save his own life.
(b) To get the bear to leave him alone.
(c) To show it respect.
(d) To study its gait.

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

5. How old was John when his family relocated in Chapter 3?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two crops did John and his siblings help grow to be sold?

2. In what month was John born?

3. Where was the ice cone?

4. What was John in charge of finishing on the new land?

5. Why did John's father sell the crops the family grows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John and his siblings do on the family's land? Why?

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

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

4. What did Daniel decide to do in 1857? Why did he do this?

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

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

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

8. What did John do in the days after his first encounter with a bear?

9. Explain John's eye injury, and what happened afterward.

10. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

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