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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 mountain after John's first day of climbing?

2. What time of day did John decide to climb in Chapter 15?

3. Why did John do something different at the half-way point of the mountain?

4. How wide was the crevasse John and the dog encountered on a glacier?

5. What was John taking care of in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the account in Chapter 15 different from other accounts of John's adventures?

2. What difficulties did John face on a survey in the wilderness with Captain A. F. Rodgers?

3. Explain John's view of trees.

4. Describe John's third encounter with a rattlesnake. How did this change his treatment of them?

5. What happened at the beginning of John's exploration of Tenaya Canyon? How did he react to it?

6. Explain what happened on March 26, 1872. Explain what John was doing at the time. How did he react to the earthquake?

7. Describe John's first two encounters with rattlesnakes.

8. How did the artists react when John returned from his climb of Mount Ritter? Why?

9. Why was John's judgment obscured in the incident on Mono Lake?

10. Who was Reverend S. Hall Young? Why was he in Alaska?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 John Muir's legacy? What does he have to give to future generations?

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