1) How long did John Muir attend school? a) 12 years b) 6 years c) He had a college degree d) He never went to school 2) John Muir was born in what country? a) The United States b) Scotland c) Ireland d) Venezuela 3) It is stated that Muir had a hard childhood. Which one of these sentences validates that statement? a) He had to work on the family farm b) He did not get to attend school c) He got one small meal a day. d) All of the sentences 4) What did Muir invent when he was a teenager? a) a tiller for the farming b) new ways to take photographs c) an alarm clock that pushed him out of bed d) electricity 5) Why was Louie Strenzel a good wife for John Muir? a) she didn't like to travel b) she supported his need to travel c) she had money to help him travel d) her dad owned a railroad company 6) Why did John Muir leave college? a) to attend university in England b) to return to his family farm c) his grades weren't good enough d) he wanted to attend the "University of the Wilderness" 7) What famous writer influenced John Muir? a) Ralph Waldon Emerson b) Shakespeare c) Lewis Carroll d) Mark Twain 8) What state did John Muir walk to? a) Des Moines b) Iowa c) Florida d) California 9) What accident lead John Muir to spend the rest of his life in nature? a) he was blinded temporarily b) his alarm clock caused him to break a leg c) he fell off a Sierra Nevada mountain d) he lost a limb to a gator in Florida 10) What did John Muir do when he first arrived in San Francisco? a) rode on a trolley car b) ask someone what was the closest way out of the city c) hiked up a steep hill d) went to a Padre's baseball game 11) What did Muir think shaped the Yosemite valley? a) earthquakes b) tornadoes c) glaciers d) dynamite 12) What national park did Muir help to establish by his writings? a) Yellowstone National Park b) The Badlands c) Glacier National Park d) Yosemite National Park 13) What did John Muir ask president Teddy Roosevelt to do for nature? a) restrict hunting b) set aside more lands for national parks c) stop the development of cars that pollute d) give him some land to farm 14) John Muir help to create the Sierra Club. What is this club known for? a) hiking in the Sierra mountains b) protecting hunters c) conservation of nature d) selling cookies 15) John Muir's work help to establish what service that protects nature? a) The National Park Service b) The Audubon Society c) The Boy Scouts d) All of the above 16) What was John Muir's lasting legacy? a) you don't need to go to college b) trash pollutes c) walking is good exercise d) the conservation of nature

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