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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Finkel reports that he and his wife had had how many "babies in three years" (32) at the time of his investigation into Knight's story?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. In addition to trees and bushes, what other objects were prominent features of the woods in which Knight lived for 27 years?
(a) Caves.
(b) Dunes.
(c) Streams.
(d) Boulders.

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

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

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

7. Knight was charged with which two crimes shortly after his arrest?
(a) Vandalism and burglary.
(b) Arson and theft.
(c) Slander and theft.
(d) Burglary and theft.

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

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

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

11. Chapter 11 begins with which two words when Finkel finally finds the location of Knight's campsite?
(a) My word.
(b) Holy cow.
(c) No way.
(d) My goodness.

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

13. 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) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the telephones Finkel and Knight used to communicate during their visits at the jail?

2. Knight's first letter to Finkel was written on the back of a photograph of which historical figure?

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

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

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

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