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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. What was Knight's first answer when he was asked how long he had been living in the woods?
(a) Eons.
(b) Decades.
(c) His whole life.
(d) Forever.

2. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?
(a) He included a salutation.
(b) He drew a picture on the letter.
(c) He asked Finkel a question.
(d) He signed the letter.

3. Vance had been following the case of the hermit for how many years before he was apprehended?
(a) 23.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

4. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?
(a) A deconstructed hula-hoop.
(b) A garden hose.
(c) A homemade set of bellows.
(d) A series of straws.

5. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?
(a) Deadbolts.
(b) Security lights.
(c) Surveillance cameras.
(d) Bear traps.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Knight resolved to practice his conversational skills, what topic did he choose to bring up with his fellow inmates?

2. Finkel adamantly claims in Chapter 11 that he found no evidence of what object having ever come within the bounds of Knight's campsite?

3. About how many feet high was the high point of Knight's A-frame structure in which he lived for 27 years?

4. On what type of object was Knight sitting during Finkel's visit to see him in jail?

5. Knight estimated that he had committed how many burglaries per year during the time he spent living in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do books symbolize within the narrative of The Stranger in the Woods?

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. What two images does Finkel include prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods and why?

6. Discuss one unsuccessful technique Finkel used in his efforts to connect with Christopher Knight, North Pond hermit.

7. In what way does Knight often mix comedy and tragedy within his spoken and written comments presented by Finkel?

8. What is the geographical setting of the text?

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

10. Describe the scene of Finkel's first visit to see Knight in jail.

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