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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. How long was John given to recover after he nearly drifted off to sleep working for his father?

2. What agreement did John make with the owner of the boat in order to gain passage?

3. Where did John arrive at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What did John climb in Chapter 10?

5. What was at the top of the ice cone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was John's father? What kind of man was he? How do you know?

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

3. What did the residents of Yosemite Valley think of John?

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

5. What did Daniel decide to do in 1857? Why did he do this?

6. What were John's geographical movements at the beginning of Chapter 6? What work did he do at this time?

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

8. Describe the ice cone.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how John Muir spent his "retirement."

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain how John's childhood experiences specifically shaped his life in the wilderness.

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