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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 what year did Kyle McDougle surprise an intruder in his family's cabin who turned out to have been Knight?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2012.
(d) 1989.

2. The 273 words contained within Knight's first letter to Finkel was broken into how many paragraphs?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. Knight worried about which type of living thing when he heard that his campsite had been dismantled?
(a) A buck.
(b) A dog.
(c) A mushroom.
(d) A gecko.

4. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?
(a) Bear traps.
(b) Surveillance cameras.
(c) Security lights.
(d) Deadbolts.

5. At what time of year did Knight usually embark upon "a brief hiking season" (110)?
(a) Late summer.
(b) Late fall.
(c) Late spring.
(d) Early winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does Knight recall making at the end of his encounter with the ice fishermen months before his arrest?

2. How many tanks of propane did Knight require during a single winter so that he could melt snow for drinking water?

3. What title is given as "the only book Knight didn't steal" and "the one he most often saw" (115)?

4. In what season of each year did Knight hear songbirds singing in the mornings and in the evenings?

5. Finkel suggests that most hermits throughout history have seceded from society during what period of their lives?

(see the answer key)

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