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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 act of bribery.
(c) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.
(d) The creation of a totally fabricated story.

3. In what way is Hughes affiliated with the location where he ended up apprehending the hermit?
(a) Former student.
(b) Investor.
(c) Longtime volunteer.
(d) Former patient.

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

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?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different boulders made up the doorway to Knight's campsite?

2. According to Finkel, the area known to locals as "the Jarsey" (56) is known for repelling what?

3. How many "year-round houses" (55) sat upon the parcel of land on which Knight's campsite also sat?

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

5. How many nights did Knight spend in the woods of Central Maine before he was caught, according to Finkel?

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