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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Knight stay abreast of world events during his 27-year stint living in the woods?
(a) He listened to the radio.
(b) He eavesdropped on vacationing families.
(c) He called strangers.
(d) He watched television.

2. The hermit's "moral code" (4) required that he refrain from stealing any object that looked as if it had what quality?
(a) It was wholly synthetic.
(b) It was expensive.
(c) It belonged to a poor family.
(d) It was sentimental.

3. In what season of each year did Knight hear deer walking across the leaves on the forest floor?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

4. In what season does Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods take place?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The use of which word within Knight's first letter caused Finkel to smile?

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?

3. Who chose the no-contact format for the jail visits between Finkel and Knight?

4. The child in the photograph angrily discussed by Knight had lost an animal due to a collision with what type of vehicle?

5. Of what type of material was the barrier composed that separated Knight and Finkel during their visits at the jail?

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