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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Many locals disbelieved Knight's story because an ice storm that took place in what year would surely have killed him if he had been out there?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1991.

3. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Charles Darwin?
(a) Ascetic.
(b) Protester.
(c) Pursuer.
(d) Pilgrim.

4. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?
(a) A summer camp.
(b) A paper factory.
(c) A lumber yard.
(d) An assisted living facility.

5. Finkel suggests that most hermits throughout history have seceded from society during what period of their lives?
(a) Childhood.
(b) Old age.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Middle age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finkel describes Knight in Chapter 16 as a "man acutely attuned to the ravages of" (106) what?

2. At the end of Chapter 20, Finkel reveals that Knight had "resolved that he wouldn't use" (132) what tool, no matter how dire the circumstances?

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

4. Which author wrote, "He that thinks most, will say least" (147)?

5. How old was the vehicle Knight drove into the forest and abandoned when he went to live in the forest by himself?

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