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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 climb was among the most difficult for John, according to Chapter 13?
(a) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Everest.
(c) Mount Ritter.
(d) Mount Kilamanjaro.

2. The Yosemite indigenous believed that _____________ caused the natural event that was discussed in Chapter 12.
(a) Angry spirits.
(b) White settlers.
(c) Another tribe's medicine man.
(d) The god of the mountains.

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

4. How did the Yosemite indigenous react to the natural event?
(a) They tried to drive white settlers off the land.
(b) They went to war with another tribe.
(c) They offered animal sacrifices.
(d) They fled.

5. Why did John do something different at the half-way point of the mountain?
(a) He had run out of water.
(b) He wanted to let his friend know where he was on the climb.
(c) He wanted to prepare for future climbs.
(d) He couldn't move up or down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John have to move around the base of the mountain before climbing it?

2. On what day did Chapter 12 take place?

3. What caused the things John wanted to track the origin of in Chapter 12?

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

5. What animals were in the place John and his friends sought refuge in the adventure on the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's third encounter with a rattlesnake. How did this change his treatment of them?

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

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

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

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

6. Explain John's view of trees.

7. Describe John's tree-climbing experience.

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

9. What was the role of rattlesnakes in California, according to Chapter 11?

10. How did John feel about the view at Tenaya Canyon? How do you know?

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