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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 incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?
(a) A vest.
(b) A coat.
(c) A pair of jeans.
(d) A sweater.

2. About how many feet high was the high point of Knight's A-frame structure in which he lived for 27 years?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 7.

3. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?
(a) Herman the Hermit.
(b) North Pond hermit.
(c) The hermit of North Pond.
(d) Hermit.

4. According to Finkel, the area known to locals as "the Jarsey" (56) is known for repelling what?
(a) Eccentrics.
(b) Invasive species.
(c) Trespassers.
(d) Hunters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, it is revealed that Knight has one sister and how many brothers?

2. Which objects are NOT mentioned as part of the list of "constants" (23) in terms of the items Knight always stole?

3. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?

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

5. How old was Knight at the time he was apprehended?

(see the answer key)

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