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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?
(a) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.
(b) The creation of a composite character.
(c) The act of bribery.
(d) The creation of a totally fabricated story.

2. What objects did Knight watch when it was time to celebrate the Fourth of July?
(a) Dinoflagellates.
(b) Fish.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Fireworks.

3. Chapter 11 begins with which two words when Finkel finally finds the location of Knight's campsite?
(a) My goodness.
(b) My word.
(c) Holy cow.
(d) No way.

4. Finkel states that the word noise "is derived from" what language "from the word nausea" (112)?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) French.

5. Knight was charged with which two crimes shortly after his arrest?
(a) Burglary and theft.
(b) Arson and theft.
(c) Slander and theft.
(d) Vandalism and burglary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year of high school are most Maine public school students required to take a course called Hunter Safety and Outdoor Skills?

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

3. Into what room of Knight's campsite did the entrance nearest the boulders first lead?

4. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?

5. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?

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