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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only thing found inside the hermit's wallet when he was apprehended at Pine Tree?
(a) His driver's license.
(b) A photo of a little boy.
(c) Cash.
(d) His social security card.

2. 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) Potatoes.
(b) Ground coffee.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Artificial sweetener.

3. What rank did Terry Hughes hold in his job as a law enforcement officer at the time he apprehended the hermit?
(a) Chief.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Deputy.
(d) Sheriff.

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

5. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?
(a) The Lakes.
(b) The Bays.
(c) The Estuaries.
(d) The Ponds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Knight claimed never to have lit a fire during all his years living in the woods, what reason did he give?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?

(see the answer key)

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