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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what unfamiliar genre of music did Knight become very familiar over the course of his years living alone in the woods?
(a) Classical.
(b) Country.
(c) Opera.
(d) Blues.

2. When Knight claimed never to have lit a fire during all his years living in the woods, what reason did he give?
(a) The smoke might have given his campsite away.
(b) He wanted to test his true limits.
(c) He never learned how to start a fire.
(d) He used space heaters instead.

3. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?
(a) Bricks.
(b) Tiles.
(c) Carpet.
(d) Linoleum.

4. In what season of each year did Knight hear deer walking across the leaves on the forest floor?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. Knight worried about which type of living thing when he heard that his campsite had been dismantled?
(a) A dog.
(b) A gecko.
(c) A mushroom.
(d) A buck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finkel cites a variety of studies showing that what element is toxic to humans?

2. How many years after Knight's disappearance did his father die?

3. What incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?

4. The hermit's "moral code" (4) required that he refrain from stealing any object that looked as if it had what quality?

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

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