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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Hughes affiliated with the location where he ended up apprehending the hermit?
(a) Former student.
(b) Longtime volunteer.
(c) Investor.
(d) Former patient.

2. How many weeks elapsed between the time Hughes "resolved to end the reign of the hermit" (8) and the day the Border Patrol came to install the surveillance system that ended up catching the hermit?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. What adjective does Finkel use to describe his journalistic past?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Flawed.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Terrifying.

4. Knight worried about which type of living thing when he heard that his campsite had been dismantled?
(a) A dog.
(b) A gecko.
(c) A buck.
(d) A mushroom.

5. What was Knight's first answer when he was asked how long he had been living in the woods?
(a) Forever.
(b) Eons.
(c) Decades.
(d) His whole life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?

2. How many years after Knight's disappearance did his father die?

3. Vance had been following the case of the hermit for how many years before he was apprehended?

4. At what time of year did Knight usually embark upon "a brief hiking season" (110)?

5. It is revealed in Chapter 13 that Knight was how old when he drove his vehicle until it ran out of gas and then walked off into the woods, where he proceeded to live for the next 27 years?

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