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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 happened to many people in the colder weather on the Yosemite?

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

3. Where did John go after heading south in Chapter 5?

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

5. What did John want to investigate in the early summer of 1869?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the ice cone.

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

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

9. What did John do in the days after his first encounter with a bear?

10. Where did John want to go in Chapter 5? What concerns did he have about it?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the Sierra Club? What was John Muir's role in it?

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