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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finkel claims at the end of Chapter 17 that "time amid the silence of nature" (112) makes people what?
(a) Smarter.
(b) Calmer.
(c) More worthy of love.
(d) More grateful.

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

3. The photograph Knight recalled seeing in his childhood depicted a child watching over what kinds of animals?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cows.
(c) Llamas.
(d) Goats.

4. How did Knight stay abreast of world events during his 27-year stint living in the woods?
(a) He eavesdropped on vacationing families.
(b) He watched television.
(c) He listened to the radio.
(d) He called strangers.

5. Knight is said to have suffered from what malady "since his youth" (149)?
(a) Hair loss.
(b) Poor eyesight.
(c) Dry skin.
(d) Poor balance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Knight worried about which type of living thing when he heard that his campsite had been dismantled?

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

3. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?

4. Which historical figure who died in 479 B.C. "seems to have spoken in praise of hermits" (37)?

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

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