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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which objects are NOT mentioned as part of the list of "constants" (23) in terms of the items Knight always stole?
(a) Books.
(b) Propane tanks.
(c) Batteries.
(d) Extension cords.

2. Finkel adamantly claims in Chapter 11 that he found no evidence of what object having ever come within the bounds of Knight's campsite?
(a) A fire.
(b) A car.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) Another human.

3. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

5. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?
(a) A deconstructed hula-hoop.
(b) A garden hose.
(c) A series of straws.
(d) A homemade set of bellows.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?

2. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?

3. Knight included an apology for committing what transgression in his first letter to Finkel?

4. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?

5. In addition to trees and bushes, what other objects were prominent features of the woods in which Knight lived for 27 years?

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