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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. 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 supermoon.
(c) Cloning.
(d) The God particle.

6. Hughes noticed that the hermit's skin was "strangely" (13) what?
(a) Scaly.
(b) Pale.
(c) Tan.
(d) Shiny.

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

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

9. During Finkel's first visit to the jail, Knight lamented the fact that people expect him to "spout" what kind of "lines" (54)?
(a) Fortune-cookie.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Spurious.
(d) Newsworthy.

10. Who sent word to the Maine State Police and asked them to alert Trooper Diane Vance about the scene at Pine Tree?
(a) Terry Hughes.
(b) Michael Finkel.
(c) Harvey Chesley.
(d) Terry Hughes's unnamed wife.

11. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?
(a) 34.
(b) 27.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

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

13. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?
(a) 61.
(b) 44.
(c) 34.
(d) 52.

14. The Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers lived in caves on either side of which river?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Mesopotamia.
(c) The Yangtze.
(d) The Nile.

15. When Knight claimed never to have lit a fire during all his years living in the woods, what reason did he give?
(a) The smoke might have given his campsite away.
(b) He used space heaters instead.
(c) He never learned how to start a fire.
(d) He wanted to test his true limits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?

2. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?

3. Of what material was the doormat outside of Knight's A-frame structure composed?

4. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?

5. Finkel states that in Central Maine, "summer is rife with" (56) all but which of the following elements?

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