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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rank did Terry Hughes hold in his job as a law enforcement officer at the time he apprehended the hermit?
(a) Deputy.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Chief.
(d) Sergeant.

2. 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) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

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

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

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

7. During which season of the year did the written correspondence between Finkel and Knight take place?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

8. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?
(a) He drew a picture on the letter.
(b) He asked Finkel a question.
(c) He signed the letter.
(d) He included a salutation.

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. Of what material was the doormat outside of Knight's A-frame structure composed?
(a) Interwoven branches.
(b) Artificial grass.
(c) Interwoven grasses.
(d) Rubber.

14. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?
(a) Child labor.
(b) Rape.
(c) Human trafficking.
(d) Fracking.

15. 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) He wanted to test his true limits.
(d) The smoke might have given his campsite away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as having been "in awe" (56) of the skill with which Knight moved around the wilderness?

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

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

4. The parcel of land on which Knight's campsite sat contained how many acres in total?

5. The 273 words contained within Knight's first letter to Finkel was broken into how many paragraphs?

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