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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 is the theme of the epigraph Finkel includes before the body of the text begins?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Desire.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Honesty.

2. In Chapter 12, it is revealed that Knight has one sister and how many brothers?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. Knight's first letter to Finkel was written on the back of a photograph of which historical figure?
(a) Onwas.
(b) Carter.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Thoreau.

4. How many different boulders made up the doorway to Knight's campsite?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. The Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers lived in caves on either side of which river?
(a) The Mesopotamia.
(b) The Yangtze.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?

2. What is Christopher Knight's middle name?

3. During which of Finkel's attempts to find Knight's campsite did he fall and hit his head?

4. When Knight claimed never to have lit a fire during all his years living in the woods, what reason did he give?

5. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the physical location of Knight's campsite.

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

3. What is the significance of the fact that when the police arrested Knight, he was wearing a pair of Lands' End size 38 jeans?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Discuss an instance when Finkel uses a metaphor to communicate with the reader about an aspect of Knight's life.

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