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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. Where did John hike at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. In what canyon was the dome John went to the top of after his first encounter with the bear?

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

4. Where did John first use his talents with machines after earning his degree?

5. In what season did John have unsteady work in the Yosemite Valley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did John hike in the winter? What do you think this particular season offered that was different from warmer weather hikes?

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

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

7. Explain John's bout with a fever in Chapter 5.

8. What was the winter like in Yosemite Valley? How did the people and animals deal with the weather?

9. How did John feel about city life?

10. What did John do in the fall of 1869? What did readers learn about him at the end of Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the ice cone. Why did John want to explore it? What did he learn from it?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between John and Louise Wanda Strentzel. How is this relationship expressed in The Wild Muir?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the relationship between John Muir and Reverend S. Hall Young.

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