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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title is given as "the only book Knight didn't steal" and "the one he most often saw" (115)?
(a) The Shining.
(b) Webster's Dictionary.
(c) The Bible.
(d) 1984.

2. Mr. Hillman lamented his possible role in Knight's criminal activity because he had told Knight's class that taking what action was alright in a life or death situation?
(a) Breaking into cabins and stealing needed supplies.
(b) Doing whatever it took to survive.
(c) Borrowing things from cabins with the intention of returning them.
(d) Setting a bonfire.

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

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

5. Finkel reports that he and his wife had had how many "babies in three years" (32) at the time of his investigation into Knight's story?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What single word did Knight say to the hiker he encountered within the first decade of his time living in the forest?

2. How many trips in total did Finkel make from Montana to Maine during the period of Knight's incarceration?

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

4. Throughout how many months prior to each spring thaw did Knight rarely venture outside his campsite?

5. What religion or philosophy did Knight practice at the time of his interviews with Finkel?

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