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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what room of Knight's campsite did the entrance nearest the boulders first lead?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The bedroom.

2. Who is described as having been "in awe" (56) of the skill with which Knight moved around the wilderness?
(a) Sergeant Hughes.
(b) Trooper Vance.
(c) Knight's parents.
(d) The fauna.

3. During Finkel's first visit to the jail, Knight lamented the fact that people expect him to "spout" what kind of "lines" (54)?
(a) Spurious.
(b) Newsworthy.
(c) Fortune-cookie.
(d) Brilliant.

4. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?
(a) Bricks.
(b) Tiles.
(c) Linoleum.
(d) Carpet.

5. The hermit's "moral code" (4) required that he refrain from stealing any object that looked as if it had what quality?
(a) It was wholly synthetic.
(b) It was expensive.
(c) It belonged to a poor family.
(d) It was sentimental.

Short Answer Questions

1. Knight included an apology for committing what transgression in his first letter to Finkel?

2. How old was Knight at the time he was apprehended?

3. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?

4. Knight's first letter to Finkel was written on the back of a photograph of which historical figure?

5. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Finkel use historical allusions to shed further light on the case of the North Pond hermit?

2. What event changed Knight's mind about allowing Finkel to visit him in jail and why did it have this effect?

3. What were the contents of the final letter Knight sent to Finkel and what were Finkel's feelings about this final letter?

4. What were Christopher Knight's criteria when he decided whether to steal an item or not during his time living in the woods?

5. How does Finkel go about portraying Sergeant Terry Hughes in a sympathetic light and for what purpose does he take this action?

6. How did Knight manage to avoid his campsite being discovered, even though he was located only a three-minute walk from the closest cabin?

7. How does Knight feel about the methods he used to survive 27 years in the woods of Central Maine?

8. In what township was Knight arrested and why is this information significant?

9. Provide evidence for the idea that Finkel understood and appreciated Knight's wry sense of humor from the start of their correspondence.

10. On what evidence was Trooper Vance basing her conclusion about Knight when she said, "No way did this guy emerge from the woods" (14)?

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