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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?
(a) He drew a picture on the letter.
(b) He asked Finkel a question.
(c) He signed the letter.
(d) He included a salutation.

2. 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

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

4. In Chapter 12, it is revealed that Knight has one sister and how many brothers?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. The use of which word within Knight's first letter caused Finkel to smile?
(a) Literally.
(b) Plainly.
(c) Obviously.
(d) Obscenely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent word to the Maine State Police and asked them to alert Trooper Diane Vance about the scene at Pine Tree?

2. During Finkel's first visit to the jail, Knight lamented the fact that people expect him to "spout" what kind of "lines" (54)?

3. What was Knight's first answer when he was asked how long he had been living in the woods?

4. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?

5. What color were the telephones Finkel and Knight used to communicate during their visits at the jail?

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