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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. What was John's father's name?

2. In what year does Chapter 2 begin?

3. How long did John have to wait before the boat started its journey in Chapter 5?

4. What did John do when he encountered the bear a second time?

5. What did John want to do to the ice cone in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two characteristics are common to Scottish children, according to John?

2. What did John do in the days after his first encounter with a bear?

3. What happened to John when he was finishing the well that needed to be dug on the family's land?

4. What happened when Daniel encouraged his children to imitate frogs to learn to swim? How did John react?

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

6. Where did John want to go in Chapter 5? What concerns did he have about it?

7. Explain John's second encounter with a bear.

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

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

10. Explain avalanche-riding. What was John's experience with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between John Muir and his father.

Essay Topic 3

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

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