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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. Hughes noticed that the hermit's skin was "strangely" (13) what?
(a) Shiny.
(b) Scaly.
(c) Tan.
(d) Pale.

3. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?
(a) The 3rd and 4th.
(b) The 13th and 14th.
(c) The 8th and 9th.
(d) The 15th and 16th.

4. In addition to trees and bushes, what other objects were prominent features of the woods in which Knight lived for 27 years?
(a) Dunes.
(b) Streams.
(c) Caves.
(d) Boulders.

5. How many years after Knight's disappearance did his father die?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many qualifications does Finkel claim a person must meet in order to be classified as a hermit?

4. What adjective does Finkel use to describe his journalistic past?

5. Knight included an apology for committing what transgression in his first letter to Finkel?

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