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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?
(a) Bear traps.
(b) Surveillance cameras.
(c) Security lights.
(d) Deadbolts.

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

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

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

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

9. 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 fire.
(c) A hug.
(d) A shower.

10. 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.

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

12. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?
(a) The act of bribery.
(b) The creation of a composite character.
(c) The creation of a totally fabricated story.
(d) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.

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

14. What color were the telephones Finkel and Knight used to communicate during their visits at the jail?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of the epigraph Finkel includes before the body of the text begins?

2. Hughes noticed that the hermit's skin was "strangely" (13) what?

3. Into what room of Knight's campsite did the entrance nearest the boulders first lead?

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

5. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?

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