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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finkel describes Knight in Chapter 16 as a "man acutely attuned to the ravages of" (106) what?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Time.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Shame.

2. During what decade did Knight encounter a hiker in the woods and exchange one word with him?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 2000s.

3. At the end of Chapter 20, Finkel reveals that Knight had "resolved that he wouldn't use" (132) what tool, no matter how dire the circumstances?
(a) His snow shovel.
(b) His flint.
(c) His axe.
(d) His whistle.

4. What was the child in the photograph vilified by Knight doing in the photograph?
(a) Dying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Jumping.
(d) Crying.

5. How many years after Knight's disappearance did his father die?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. During which season of the year did the written correspondence between Finkel and Knight take place?

2. Chapter 11 begins with which two words when Finkel finally finds the location of Knight's campsite?

3. Finkel makes a distinction in Chapter 22 between solitude and what other element?

4. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?

5. Knight's first letter to Finkel was written on the back of a photograph of which historical figure?

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