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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, when did John have free time?

2. How long did John explore the Sierra Nevada, according to Chapter 8?

3. Where did John go after his arrival at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. Who was the boat's owner whom John talked to about his passage?

5. Where was the ice cone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did John get across an area he could not pass in Chapter 5?

2. How did John feel about city life?

3. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

4. How did John feel about shepherding? How did he deal with his feelings?

5. What did John do in 1869?

6. Explain John's first encounter with a bear.

7. What are "scoochers?" Give one example.

8. Explain John's eye injury, and what happened afterward.

9. Explain John's climbing of the ice cone.

10. What did John and his siblings learn about their home? Who tells them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Sierra Club? What was John Muir's role in it?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role training played in John's adventures. Use at least one example from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Give at least two examples of lives that John saved, other than his own, on his adventures. Explain the circumstances of these events.

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