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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 did John call the risky games he played as a child?

2. Who took John to a doctor to attempt to heal his eyes?

3. What two crops did John and his siblings help grow to be sold?

4. Where did John's father take the family in Chapter 2?

5. Where was the second place John used his talents with machines after earning his degree?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

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

5. Did John have free time? If so, what did he do with it. If not, why not?

6. Describe the ice cone.

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

8. What did John do in 1869?

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

10. How did John feel about city life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast John's reactions to the Inyo Earthquake with the reactions of the indigenous tribes and white settlers.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how John Muir spent his "retirement."

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