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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. Where did John's father move the family in Chapter 3?
(a) Fountain Lake.
(b) Old Dunbar Castle.
(c) Key West.
(d) Hickory Hill.

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

3. What did John travel to the top of a few days after his first encounter with the bear?
(a) South Dome.
(b) North Dome.
(c) West Dome.
(d) East Dome.

4. How did the bear react when John encountered it a second time?
(a) It stood up, looked at him, and growled.
(b) It ignored him.
(c) It didn't seem to mind John.
(d) It ran away from him.

5. What was replaced on the Yosemite, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Schools of fish.
(b) Snow.
(c) Foliage.
(d) Firewood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was John when his family relocated in Chapter 3?

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

3. What did John decide to do regarding bears after his second encounter?

4. What was different about the landmark John climbed in Chapter 10 in comparison to John's other mentioned landmarks?

5. Where was the second place John used his talents with machines after earning his degree?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the ice cone.

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

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

10. What did John do in 1869?

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