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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A forensic psychologist from what state evaluated Knight in conjunction with his criminal case?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

2. How many times did Knight claim to have prayed to a deity during his time living in the wilderness?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. About how many prisoners in the U.S. are serving sentences in solitary confinement, according to Finkel?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 40,000.

4. In what season of the year did Kyle McDougle surprise Knight as he was getting ready to steal from the McDougle cabin?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

5. What was NOT one of the three disorders a state forensic psychologist named in his diagnosis of Knight?
(a) Depression.
(b) Asperger's disorder.
(c) Schizoid personality disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

6. How many qualifications does Finkel claim a person must meet in order to be classified as a hermit?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. In which year of high school are most Maine public school students required to take a course called Hunter Safety and Outdoor Skills?
(a) Senior.
(b) Junior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Sophomore.

8. Of the "dozens of North Pond summer residents who offered their opinions about Knight," what percentage of them "insisted that he was lying" (128)?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 80.

9. What objects did Knight watch when it was time to celebrate the Fourth of July?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Dinoflagellates.
(c) Fish.
(d) Fireworks.

10. The child in the photograph angrily discussed by Knight had lost an animal due to a collision with what type of vehicle?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A car.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A go-kart.

11. Finkel makes a distinction in Chapter 22 between solitude and what other element?
(a) Terror.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Angst.
(d) Emptiness.

12. Which member of the Bellavance family is described by his son as "a little Frenchman with a big heart" (153)?
(a) Brian.
(b) Michael.
(c) Roger.
(d) Tony.

13. Which comedian did Knight claim to hate while discussing one of his psychological diagnoses?
(a) Groucho Marx.
(b) Jerry Lewis.
(c) Steve Carell.
(d) Mitch Hedberg.

14. In what season of each year did Knight hear songbirds singing in the mornings and in the evenings?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

15. Finkel suggests that most hermits throughout history have seceded from society during what period of their lives?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Old age.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Middle age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Finkel use within metaphorical depictions of the Northern Lights?

2. The photograph Knight recalled seeing in his childhood depicted a child watching over what kinds of animals?

3. Finkel states that the word noise "is derived from" what language "from the word nausea" (112)?

4. In what year did Kyle McDougle surprise an intruder in his family's cabin who turned out to have been Knight?

5. How old was the vehicle Knight drove into the forest and abandoned when he went to live in the forest by himself?

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