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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?
(a) Deadbolts.
(b) Security lights.
(c) Surveillance cameras.
(d) Bear traps.

2. On what type of object was Knight sitting during Finkel's visit to see him in jail?
(a) A chair.
(b) A sink.
(c) A bench.
(d) A stool.

3. In what season of each year did Knight hear songbirds singing in the mornings and in the evenings?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

4. How old was the vehicle Knight drove into the forest and abandoned when he went to live in the forest by himself?
(a) Less than a year.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?
(a) 52.
(b) 44.
(c) 34.
(d) 61.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?

2. In what season does Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods take place?

3. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?

4. In what season of each year did Knight hear deer walking across the leaves on the forest floor?

5. About how many feet high was the high point of Knight's A-frame structure in which he lived for 27 years?

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