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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 lake in Chapter 17 known for?
(a) Lily pads and flowers almost year-round.
(b) Frequent storms.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Ducks.

2. In what year did Chapter 16 occur?
(a) The exact year is not known.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1875.

3. What animals were in the place John and his friends sought refuge in the adventure on the lake?
(a) Garden snakes.
(b) A badger and an owl.
(c) Wood rats.
(d) Loons.

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

5. How tall is Mount Shasta?
(a) 14,142 feet.
(b) 11,556 feet.
(c) About 15,000 feet.
(d) 17,563 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What denomination was the minister who met John on a steamboat?

2. Whose version of events is in the second part of Chapter 19?

3. What climb was among the most difficult for John, according to Chapter 13?

4. What did John encourage people to focus on during a storm?

5. In what year did one of John's most difficult climbs take place, according to Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was William Keith? What was his relationship with John?

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

4. Explain John's view of trees.

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

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

7. Describe John's tree-climbing experience.

8. What happened at the beginning of John's exploration of Tenaya Canyon? How did he react to it?

9. Describe John's first two encounters with rattlesnakes.

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

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