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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vance had been following the case of the hermit for how many years before he was apprehended?
(a) 12.
(b) 23.
(c) 18.
(d) 6.

2. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?
(a) 34.
(b) 61.
(c) 52.
(d) 44.

3. Finkel describes Knight in Chapter 16 as a "man acutely attuned to the ravages of" (106) what?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Time.
(c) Shame.
(d) Loneliness.

4. How many propane tanks could Knight carry on his back at once by the time of his arrest?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. When Knight resolved to practice his conversational skills, what topic did he choose to bring up with his fellow inmates?
(a) Stem-cell therapy.
(b) The supermoon.
(c) The God particle.
(d) Cloning.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Charles Darwin?

2. The Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers lived in caves on either side of which river?

3. Finkel claims at the end of Chapter 17 that "time amid the silence of nature" (112) makes people what?

4. How many months after Knight's encounter with the ice fishermen was he caught stealing from Pine Tree camp?

5. About how many feet high was the high point of Knight's A-frame structure in which he lived for 27 years?

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