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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 was the steamboat carrying in Chapter 19?

2. On what lake did the adventure in Chapter 17 take place?

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

4. What did John encourage people to focus on during a storm?

5. Why did John have to move around the base of the mountain before climbing it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John argue about glacial activity? What did this lead him to do?

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

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

4. What happened to John on his climb of Mount Ritter that ranked it among one of his most difficult?

5. How did the indigenous tribes of Yosemite react to the earthquake?

6. Where did John spend some time in the winter of 1872? How did he feel about this?

7. Compare and contrast the reaction of the white settlers to John's reaction to the earthquake.

8. Describe John's tree-climbing experience.

9. How does the account of John's climb up Mount Shasta by Augustus Frederick Rodgers differ from John's account?

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

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 Muir spent his "retirement."

Essay Topic 3

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

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