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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The use of which word within Knight's first letter caused Finkel to smile?
(a) Literally.
(b) Plainly.
(c) Obscenely.
(d) Obviously.

2. In what season of the year did Kyle McDougle surprise Knight as he was getting ready to steal from the McDougle cabin?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

3. About how many prisoners in the U.S. are serving sentences in solitary confinement, according to Finkel?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 25,000.

4. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?
(a) Human trafficking.
(b) Rape.
(c) Fracking.
(d) Child labor.

5. How many weeks elapsed between the time Hughes "resolved to end the reign of the hermit" (8) and the day the Border Patrol came to install the surveillance system that ended up catching the hermit?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many propane tanks could Knight carry on his back at once by the time of his arrest?

2. In what year did Kyle McDougle surprise an intruder in his family's cabin who turned out to have been Knight?

3. Finkel reports that he and his wife had had how many "babies in three years" (32) at the time of his investigation into Knight's story?

4. Who dismantled Knight's campsite, causing him to worry about one living thing within its boundaries?

5. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?

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