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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hermit's "moral code" (4) required that he refrain from stealing any object that looked as if it had what quality?
(a) It belonged to a poor family.
(b) It was sentimental.
(c) It was wholly synthetic.
(d) It was expensive.

2. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?
(a) The Bays.
(b) The Lakes.
(c) The Ponds.
(d) The Estuaries.

3. In what season does Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods take place?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

4. How many "year-round houses" (55) sat upon the parcel of land on which Knight's campsite also sat?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?
(a) North Pond hermit.
(b) Herman the Hermit.
(c) Hermit.
(d) The hermit of North Pond.

6. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?
(a) The 3rd and 4th.
(b) The 8th and 9th.
(c) The 15th and 16th.
(d) The 13th and 14th.

7. Knight estimated that he had committed how many burglaries per year during the time he spent living in the woods?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

8. In what year was Knight born?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1955.

9. In what state do the events depicted in the text The Stranger in the Woods take place?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

10. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?
(a) Bricks.
(b) Linoleum.
(c) Tiles.
(d) Carpet.

11. What object is named in Chapter 1 as being "not allowed, not once," for a hermit who is "truly committed" (3)?
(a) A fire.
(b) A bootprint.
(c) A shower.
(d) A hug.

12. What is Christopher Knight's middle name?
(a) Justin.
(b) Michael.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Thomas.

13. Knight included an apology for committing what transgression in his first letter to Finkel?
(a) For his sloppy penmanship.
(b) For writing microscopically.
(c) For affixing an expired stamp to the letter.
(d) For using graph paper.

14. How many screws did one of Knight's victims use in order to successfully thwart his efforts to steal?
(a) 300.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 5,000.

15. During which of Finkel's attempts to find Knight's campsite did he fall and hit his head?
(a) His first.
(b) His tenth.
(c) His fifth.
(d) His third.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hughes noticed that the hermit's skin was "strangely" (13) what?

2. In what way is Hughes affiliated with the location where he ended up apprehending the hermit?

3. Into what room of Knight's campsite did the entrance nearest the boulders first lead?

4. Which objects are NOT mentioned as part of the list of "constants" (23) in terms of the items Knight always stole?

5. What was Knight's first answer when he was asked how long he had been living in the woods?

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