View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The group of ice fisherman was composed of which members of one family?
(a) Three cousins.
(b) Two brothers and a father.
(c) A son, a father, and a grandfather.
(d) A son, an uncle, and a grandfather.

3. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Charles Darwin?
(a) Pursuer.
(b) Protester.
(c) Pilgrim.
(d) Ascetic.

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

5. In what location did Knight keep his book entitled Very Special People?
(a) In the hollow of a tree.
(b) Next to the sink.
(c) In his tent.
(d) Under his pillow.

6. 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) Freshman.
(c) Senior.
(d) Sophomore.

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

8. Which author wrote, "He that thinks most, will say least" (147)?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Chopra.
(c) Orwell.
(d) Thoreau.

9. Finkel states that "even in the warm months," Knight rarely took what action "during the daytime" (110)?
(a) Bathed.
(b) Sang.
(c) Left his camp.
(d) Read.

10. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?
(a) Classic rock.
(b) Country.
(c) Bluegrass.
(d) Jazz.

11. What single word did Knight say to the hiker he encountered within the first decade of his time living in the forest?
(a) No.
(b) Hi.
(c) Please.
(d) Hello.

12. Finkel describes Knight in Chapter 16 as a "man acutely attuned to the ravages of" (106) what?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Time.
(c) Shame.
(d) Neglect.

13. What body of water does Finkel use as a metaphor for the array of names given to hermits throughout history?
(a) Lake.
(b) Sea.
(c) Pond.
(d) Bog.

14. How was Knight classified within his father's obituary, according to Finkel?
(a) As an enigma.
(b) As a beneficiary.
(c) As a survivor.
(d) As an angel.

15. Which magazine does Knight profess to hate, according to Finkel?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Cosmopolitan.
(c) Playboy.
(d) National Geographic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of Knight's family did he miss the most during his time living in the wilderness?

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. In what season of each year did Knight hear deer walking across the leaves on the forest floor?

5. How many tanks of propane did Knight require during a single winter so that he could melt snow for drinking water?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 434 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample