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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different boulders made up the doorway to Knight's campsite?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

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) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What adjective does Finkel use to describe his journalistic past?
(a) Flawed.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Terrifying.

4. Vance had been following the case of the hermit for how many years before he was apprehended?
(a) 12.
(b) 23.
(c) 18.
(d) 6.

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

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

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

8. The use of which word within Knight's first letter caused Finkel to smile?
(a) Obviously.
(b) Literally.
(c) Plainly.
(d) Obscenely.

9. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?
(a) A homemade set of bellows.
(b) A garden hose.
(c) A deconstructed hula-hoop.
(d) A series of straws.

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

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

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

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

14. How many letters had Finkel received from Knight by the time he received one final letter from him?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which historical figure who died in 479 B.C. "seems to have spoken in praise of hermits" (37)?

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

3. The hermit's "moral code" (4) required that he refrain from stealing any object that looked as if it had what quality?

4. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?

5. When an interrogation of Knight is depicted in Chapter 4, who takes on the role of interrogator?

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