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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Finkel visited Knight in jail one final time, how many one-hour visits in total had Finkel spent with Knight?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

2. In Chapter 26, Finkel flew to Knight's family's house in Maine how many months after they parted at the jail?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

3. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Aristotle.

4. In Chapter 26, Finkel states that "It takes" how many "seconds to drive the length of Albion's Main Street" (175)?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 90.
(d) 60.

5. According to Finkel, the area known to locals as "the Jarsey" (56) is known for repelling what?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Invasive species.
(c) Eccentrics.
(d) Trespassers.

Short Answer Questions

1. During which season of the year did the written correspondence between Finkel and Knight take place?

2. Finkel states that the word noise "is derived from" what language "from the word nausea" (112)?

3. How many screws did one of Knight's victims use in order to successfully thwart his efforts to steal?

4. Throughout how many months prior to each spring thaw did Knight rarely venture outside his campsite?

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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