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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What object is named in Chapter 1 as being "not allowed, not once," for a hermit who is "truly committed" (3)?
(a) A bootprint.
(b) A hug.
(c) A fire.
(d) A shower.

3. In what state do the events depicted in the text The Stranger in the Woods take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. The second image included prior to Chapter 1 of the text is an annotated illustration with what title?
(a) The camp.
(b) The hut.
(c) The lean-to.
(d) The cave.

5. When Knight resolved to practice his conversational skills, what topic did he choose to bring up with his fellow inmates?
(a) The God particle.
(b) Cloning.
(c) The supermoon.
(d) Stem-cell therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

4. The parcel of land on which Knight's campsite sat contained how many acres in total?

5. What is Christopher Knight's middle name?

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