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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?
(a) The act of bribery.
(b) The creation of a composite character.
(c) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.
(d) The creation of a totally fabricated story.

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

5. 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) Crackers.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Artificial sweetener.
(d) Ground coffee.

6. When Knight resolved to practice his conversational skills, what topic did he choose to bring up with his fellow inmates?
(a) Stem-cell therapy.
(b) The God particle.
(c) Cloning.
(d) The supermoon.

7. Which historical figure who died in 479 B.C. "seems to have spoken in praise of hermits" (37)?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Caligula.
(d) Gilgamesh.

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

9. Finkel adamantly claims in Chapter 11 that he found no evidence of what object having ever come within the bounds of Knight's campsite?
(a) A fire.
(b) A car.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) Another human.

10. What incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?
(a) A vest.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A pair of jeans.
(d) A coat.

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

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

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

14. 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many letters had Finkel received from Knight by the time he received one final letter from him?

2. On what type of object was Knight sitting during Finkel's visit to see him in jail?

3. How many "year-round houses" (55) sat upon the parcel of land on which Knight's campsite also sat?

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

5. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?

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