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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. In what year did Chapter 15 occur?

2. How did John treat rattlesnakes after his initial encounters with them in Chapter 11?

3. How many trips did John take to Alaska?

4. How did John feel about the animal he was prejudiced against after a time?

5. What was the dog's name in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain John's relationship with Louise Wanda Strentzel.

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

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

5. What advice did John give to people experiencing storms?

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

7. What was the role of rattlesnakes in California, according to Chapter 11?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how John's childhood experiences specifically shaped his life in the wilderness.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain John's Muir's last adventure, according to The Wild Muir.

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