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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 is the account in Chapter 18 written?
(a) In third-person point of view.
(b) As a letter.
(c) As an entry in a journal.
(d) In second-person point of view.

2. Where did John and his friends seek refuge in the adventure on the lake?
(a) A small cabin.
(b) Under an abandoned dock.
(c) An old hut.
(d) In a small cave.

3. What is different about the second version of events in Chapter 19?
(a) It is written in slang.
(b) There is much more detail.
(c) It focuses on the weather rather than the actual events.
(d) The account is incomplete.

4. How long had John been a mountaineer by Chapter 16?
(a) Five years.
(b) All his life.
(c) Six years.
(d) Three years.

5. What could John NOT see from the mountain, according to Chapter 13?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) Gibbs.
(c) Mounts Ord.
(d) Sierra Crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Chapter 12 take place?

2. What were important to farmers in California, according to Chapter 11?

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

4. What was the dog's name in Chapter 20?

5. How many trips did John take to Alaska?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the account in Chapter 15 different from other accounts of John's adventures?

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

4. Explain what happened on March 26, 1872. Explain what John was doing at the time. How did he react to the earthquake?

5. What happened to John on his climb of Mount Ritter that ranked it among one of his most difficult?

6. Compare and contrast the reaction of the white settlers to John's reaction to the earthquake.

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

8. Who probably were the three friends mentioned in the Mono Lake Windstorm adventure? What were their careers?

9. Describe John's tree-climbing experience.

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

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