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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 was the boat going in Chapter 5 that John took?

2. Why did John study local plant and animal life?

3. According to Chapter 4, when did John have free time?

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

5. What did the children discover about John's family home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did John feel about city life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between John Muir and his father.

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 how John Muir spent his "retirement."

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