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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what season of each year did Knight hear deer walking across the leaves on the forest floor?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

3. Finkel cites a variety of studies showing that what element is toxic to humans?
(a) Noise.
(b) High fructose corn syrup.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Stress.

4. What single word did the hiker Knight encountered say when he spoke to Knight?
(a) Hi.
(b) What.
(c) Hey.
(d) Sorry.

5. When Finkel asked Knight for the "grand insight" that may have been "revealed to him in the wild," (147) what element does Knight say is crucial?
(a) Food.
(b) Silence.
(c) Children.
(d) Sleep.

6. In what year did Kyle McDougle surprise an intruder in his family's cabin who turned out to have been Knight?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1989.

7. What religion or philosophy did Knight practice at the time of his interviews with Finkel?
(a) Dadaism.
(b) Stoicism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Catholicism.

8. At the end of Chapter 20, Finkel reveals that Knight had "resolved that he wouldn't use" (132) what tool, no matter how dire the circumstances?
(a) His snow shovel.
(b) His whistle.
(c) His axe.
(d) His flint.

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

10. Knight remarks that while harvest time is related to ancient instincts, it is not generally affiliated with what?
(a) Money.
(b) The modern world.
(c) Joy.
(d) Crime.

11. When Knight heard the ice fishermen approaching, he walked only how many steps out of his camp before he was spotted?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 24.
(d) 4.

12. What is the first name of the oldest member of the Bellavance family discussed in the text?
(a) Mark.
(b) Tony.
(c) David.
(d) Roger.

13. Who dismantled Knight's campsite, causing him to worry about one living thing within its boundaries?
(a) The police.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Campers.
(d) The news media.

14. During what decade did Knight encounter a hiker in the woods and exchange one word with him?
(a) The 2000s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1990s.

15. What was the first name of Knight's Hunter Safety and Outdoor Skills teacher named Mr. Hillman?
(a) Dave.
(b) Bruce.
(c) Michael.
(d) Elvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finkel claims at the end of Chapter 17 that "time amid the silence of nature" (112) makes people what?

2. What title is given as "the only book Knight didn't steal" and "the one he most often saw" (115)?

3. Finkel alludes in Chapter 22 to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its revelation that which number was "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" (147)?

4. How many times did Knight claim to have prayed to a deity during his time living in the wilderness?

5. How did Knight stay abreast of world events during his 27-year stint living in the woods?

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