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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which philosopher did Knight admire above all others, according to Finkel?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

3. 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) 80.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 20.

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) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

5. In what season of each year did Knight hear frogs warbling?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

7. In what season of each year did Knight hear wild turkeys gobbling?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

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

9. Finkel claims at the end of Chapter 17 that "time amid the silence of nature" (112) makes people what?
(a) Smarter.
(b) Calmer.
(c) More worthy of love.
(d) More grateful.

10. What make and model was the vehicle Knight abandoned in the forest when he decided to renounce the world and live in solitude?
(a) AMC Eagle.
(b) Ford Thunderbird.
(c) Subaru Brat.
(d) Jeep Wrangler.

11. At what time of year did Knight annually cultivate a beard?
(a) Late winter.
(b) Late fall.
(c) Early winter.
(d) Early spring.

12. 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) Sleep.
(b) Food.
(c) Silence.
(d) Children.

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

14. With what unfamiliar genre of music did Knight become very familiar over the course of his years living alone in the woods?
(a) Country.
(b) Classical.
(c) Blues.
(d) Opera.

15. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
(a) Ascetic.
(b) Pilgrim.
(c) Protester.
(d) Pursuer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does Knight recall making at the end of his encounter with the ice fishermen months before his arrest?

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

3. Mr. Hillman lamented his possible role in Knight's criminal activity because he had told Knight's class that taking what action was alright in a life or death situation?

4. The child in the photograph angrily discussed by Knight had lost an animal due to a collision with what type of vehicle?

5. How many months after Knight's encounter with the ice fishermen was he caught stealing from Pine Tree camp?

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