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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) His whole life.
(b) Decades.
(c) Eons.
(d) Forever.

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

3. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?
(a) Herman the Hermit.
(b) North Pond hermit.
(c) The hermit of North Pond.
(d) Hermit.

4. The 273 words contained within Knight's first letter to Finkel was broken into how many paragraphs?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

5. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?
(a) Human trafficking.
(b) Child labor.
(c) Rape.
(d) Fracking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?

2. In what year was Knight born?

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

4. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?

5. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who chose the format for Finkel's visits to Knight and what is the significance of the chosen format?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Chapter 4 describes the interrogation of Christopher Knight after his arrest. In what year did the arrest take place and how old was Christopher Knight at the time?

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

10. What types of conflicts are presented within the first few chapters of the book?

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