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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. Why did John go to the top of the dome?

2. What caused John to start drifting off to sleep while working for his father?

3. After John's second encounter with the bear, how did bears generally treat him?

4. What did John travel to the top of a few days after his first encounter with the bear?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened when John reached Yosemite Falls?

7. What did John do in 1869?

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

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

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

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 role training played in John's adventures. Use at least one example from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Give at least two examples of lives that John saved, other than his own, on his adventures. Explain the circumstances of these events.

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