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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. How did John treat rattlesnakes after his initial encounters with them in Chapter 11?
(a) He turned them over to park rangers in his area.
(b) He avoided them.
(c) He ignored them.
(d) He tried to tame them.

2. What did John and his friends find on the lake?
(a) A small cabin.
(b) A large flock of geese roosting.
(c) An abandoned dock.
(d) An island.

3. What was in short supply when John climbed Lone Mountain with companions?
(a) Oil for lamps.
(b) Rope.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

4. What occurred the day after the natural event that unnerved white settlers?
(a) An eerie calm in the area.
(b) A snow storm.
(c) A rain storm.
(d) Aftershocks.

5. What natural event occurred in Chapter 15?
(a) A storm.
(b) A flood.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What composed the lake John took his friends to?

2. On which side of the Sierra Nevada did a natural event occur in Chapter 12?

3. How did John reassure the group's worry as he led them up Mount Shasta?

4. Who led the survey trip in Chapter 18?

5. On what edge of the mountain did John begin his climb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulties did John face on a survey in the wilderness with Captain A. F. Rodgers?

2. Where did John spend some time in the winter of 1872? How did he feel about this?

3. What advice did John give to people experiencing storms?

4. Why was John's judgment obscured in the incident on Mono Lake?

5. Explain John's relationship with Louise Wanda Strentzel.

6. Describe John's tree-climbing experience.

7. What happened to Reverend Young while he was with John climbing mountains?

8. Explain John's view of trees.

9. Describe the adventure John had with a small dog in Chapter 20.

10. Who was Reverend S. Hall Young? Why was he in Alaska?

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