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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
(a) Protester.
(b) Pursuer.
(c) Pilgrim.
(d) Ascetic.

2. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?
(a) Classic rock.
(b) Bluegrass.
(c) Country.
(d) Jazz.

3. The 273 words contained within Knight's first letter to Finkel was broken into how many paragraphs?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

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

5. In Chapter 12, it is revealed that Knight has one sister and how many brothers?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?

2. How many weeks did it take Hughes to apprehend the hermit once the Border Patrol had installed the state-of-the-art surveillance system?

3. Hughes noticed that the hermit's skin was "strangely" (13) what?

4. What objects does Finkel use within metaphorical depictions of the Northern Lights?

5. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?

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