View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Knight at the time he was apprehended?
(a) 58.
(b) 47.
(c) 24.
(d) 36.

2. Finkel states that in Central Maine, "summer is rife with" (56) all but which of the following elements?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) Thorns.
(d) Squalls.

3. In what season does Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods take place?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

4. How many weeks did it take Hughes to apprehend the hermit once the Border Patrol had installed the state-of-the-art surveillance system?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. What was the only thing found inside the hermit's wallet when he was apprehended at Pine Tree?
(a) A photo of a little boy.
(b) His social security card.
(c) His driver's license.
(d) Cash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?

3. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?

4. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 202 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample