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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 second image included prior to Chapter 1 of the text is an annotated illustration with what title?
(a) The camp.
(b) The lean-to.
(c) The cave.
(d) The hut.

2. Which philosopher did Knight admire above all others, according to Finkel?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

3. How many letters had Finkel received from Knight by the time he received one final letter from him?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. What color were the telephones Finkel and Knight used to communicate during their visits at the jail?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?
(a) A deconstructed hula-hoop.
(b) A series of straws.
(c) A homemade set of bellows.
(d) A garden hose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many weeks did it take Hughes to apprehend the hermit once the Border Patrol had installed the state-of-the-art surveillance system?

3. At the end of Chapter 20, Finkel reveals that Knight had "resolved that he wouldn't use" (132) what tool, no matter how dire the circumstances?

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

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?

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