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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Finkel asked Knight for the "grand insight" that may have been "revealed to him in the wild," (147) what element does Knight say is crucial?
(a) Food.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Silence.
(d) Children.

2. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?
(a) He drew a picture on the letter.
(b) He signed the letter.
(c) He included a salutation.
(d) He asked Finkel a question.

3. In what season of each year did Knight hear wild turkeys gobbling?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. The second image included prior to Chapter 1 of the text is an annotated illustration with what title?
(a) The lean-to.
(b) The hut.
(c) The camp.
(d) The cave.

5. Finkel states that "even in the warm months," Knight rarely took what action "during the daytime" (110)?
(a) Sang.
(b) Bathed.
(c) Read.
(d) Left his camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group of ice fisherman was composed of which members of one family?

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

3. Which objects are NOT mentioned as part of the list of "constants" (23) in terms of the items Knight always stole?

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

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

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