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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what room of Knight's campsite did the entrance nearest the boulders first lead?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The parlor.

2. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

3. How old was Knight at the time he was apprehended?
(a) 47.
(b) 36.
(c) 24.
(d) 58.

4. When an interrogation of Knight is depicted in Chapter 4, who takes on the role of interrogator?
(a) Vance.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Bellavance.
(d) Chesley.

5. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?
(a) A paper factory.
(b) An assisted living facility.
(c) A lumber yard.
(d) A summer camp.

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

7. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?
(a) Sasquatch.
(b) Giant squid.
(c) Loch Ness monster.
(d) Octopus.

8. 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 expensive.
(c) It was wholly synthetic.
(d) It was sentimental.

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

10. In Chapter 12, it is revealed that Knight has one sister and how many brothers?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. What is the theme of the epigraph Finkel includes before the body of the text begins?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Desire.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Honesty.

12. What was Knight's first answer when he was asked how long he had been living in the woods?
(a) His whole life.
(b) Decades.
(c) Eons.
(d) Forever.

13. When the hermit broke into Pine Tree in Chapter 1, he had only three edible items back at his tent. What was NOT one of the edible supplies the hermit had back at his camp?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Artificial sweetener.
(d) Ground coffee.

14. What was the only thing found inside the hermit's wallet when he was apprehended at Pine Tree?
(a) His driver's license.
(b) A photo of a little boy.
(c) Cash.
(d) His social security card.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Knight claimed never to have lit a fire during all his years living in the woods, what reason did he give?

2. Finkel adamantly claims in Chapter 11 that he found no evidence of what object having ever come within the bounds of Knight's campsite?

3. What is Christopher Knight's middle name?

4. What incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?

5. What adjective does Finkel use to describe his journalistic past?

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