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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the hermit broke into Pine Tree in Chapter 1, he had only three edible items back at his tent. What was NOT one of the edible supplies the hermit had back at his camp?
(a) Artificial sweetener.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Ground coffee.

2. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?
(a) 34.
(b) 27.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

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

4. Who sent word to the Maine State Police and asked them to alert Trooper Diane Vance about the scene at Pine Tree?
(a) Terry Hughes.
(b) Harvey Chesley.
(c) Terry Hughes's unnamed wife.
(d) Michael Finkel.

5. How many weeks did it take Hughes to apprehend the hermit once the Border Patrol had installed the state-of-the-art surveillance system?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many screws did one of Knight's victims use in order to successfully thwart his efforts to steal?

3. What is the theme of the epigraph Finkel includes before the body of the text begins?

4. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?

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?

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