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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 one of John's favorite playgrounds?

2. What happened to John one day at the ice cone?

3. John's journey going to take him up the coast from ______________.

4. Why did John's father move the family in Chapter 3?

5. What did John do when he first saw the bear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After his second encounter with a bear, explain how John's attitude and behavior toward bears changed.

3. Explain John's education, and what he did with his degree.

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

5. How did John feel about city life?

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

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

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

9. What did John and his siblings do on the family's land? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events that led to John's commitment to a life in the wilderness.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how John's eye injury occurred when he worked in the factory and how that injury affected him on an adventure.

Essay Topic 3

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

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