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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which author wrote, "He that thinks most, will say least" (147)?
(a) Chopra.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Orwell.
(d) Thoreau.

2. The group of ice fisherman was composed of which members of one family?
(a) A son, a father, and a grandfather.
(b) Two brothers and a father.
(c) A son, an uncle, and a grandfather.
(d) Three cousins.

3. Which historical figure who died in 479 B.C. "seems to have spoken in praise of hermits" (37)?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Caligula.

4. How many weeks did it take Hughes to apprehend the hermit once the Border Patrol had installed the state-of-the-art surveillance system?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. In which year of high school are most Maine public school students required to take a course called Hunter Safety and Outdoor Skills?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Senior.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Junior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?

2. At what time of year did Knight usually embark upon "a brief hiking season" (110)?

3. In what year was Knight born?

4. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?

5. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?

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