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

2. On what edge of the mountain did John begin his climb?
(a) Western.
(b) Southern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Eastern.

3. Whose version of events is in the second part of Chapter 19?
(a) Reverend Young's.
(b) An unnamed companion's.
(c) John's.
(d) The steamboat captain's.

4. In what year did Chapter 12 take place?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1874.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the account in Chapter 18 written?

2. In what year did Chapter 15 occur?

3. In what year did Chapter 16 occur?

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

5. How wide was the crevasse John and the dog encountered on a glacier?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did John argue about glacial activity? What did this lead him to do?

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

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

6. Explain John's view of trees.

7. How does the account of John's climb up Mount Shasta by Augustus Frederick Rodgers differ from John's account?

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

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

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

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