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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) Sergeant.
(b) Chief.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Deputy.

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

3. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?
(a) The 3rd and 4th.
(b) The 15th and 16th.
(c) The 8th and 9th.
(d) The 13th and 14th.

4. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?
(a) The Estuaries.
(b) The Ponds.
(c) The Lakes.
(d) The Bays.

5. On what type of object was Knight sitting during Finkel's visit to see him in jail?
(a) A sink.
(b) A stool.
(c) A bench.
(d) A chair.

6. Knight's first letter to Finkel was written on the back of a photograph of which historical figure?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Onwas.
(d) Carter.

7. 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.

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

9. Knight estimated that he had committed how many burglaries per year during the time he spent living in the woods?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who is described as having been "in awe" (56) of the skill with which Knight moved around the wilderness?
(a) The fauna.
(b) Sergeant Hughes.
(c) Trooper Vance.
(d) Knight's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?

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

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 is Christopher Knight's middle name?

5. In what year was Knight born?

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