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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?
(a) Giant squid.
(b) Octopus.
(c) Sasquatch.
(d) Loch Ness monster.

2. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hippocrates.

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

4. Who is described as having been "in awe" (56) of the skill with which Knight moved around the wilderness?
(a) Trooper Vance.
(b) Sergeant Hughes.
(c) Knight's parents.
(d) The fauna.

5. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?
(a) Human trafficking.
(b) Rape.
(c) Child labor.
(d) Fracking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state do the events depicted in the text The Stranger in the Woods take place?

3. During Finkel's first visit to the jail, Knight lamented the fact that people expect him to "spout" what kind of "lines" (54)?

4. Into what room of Knight's campsite did the entrance nearest the boulders first lead?

5. 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?

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