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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When an interrogation of Knight is depicted in Chapter 4, who takes on the role of interrogator?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Bellavance.
(c) Chesley.
(d) Vance.

2. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?
(a) The creation of a composite character.
(b) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.
(c) The act of bribery.
(d) The creation of a totally fabricated story.

3. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?
(a) The 3rd and 4th.
(b) The 15th and 16th.
(c) The 8th and 9th.
(d) The 13th and 14th.

4. Knight's first letter to Finkel was written on the back of a photograph of which historical figure?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Carter.
(d) Onwas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?

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

3. Of what material was the doormat outside of Knight's A-frame structure composed?

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. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?

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