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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. When an interrogation of Knight is depicted in Chapter 4, who takes on the role of interrogator?
(a) Bellavance.
(b) Chesley.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Vance.

2. What color were the telephones Finkel and Knight used to communicate during their visits at the jail?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

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

4. According to Finkel, the area known to locals as "the Jarsey" (56) is known for repelling what?
(a) Invasive species.
(b) Trespassers.
(c) Eccentrics.
(d) Hunters.

5. Of what type of material was the barrier composed that separated Knight and Finkel during their visits at the jail?
(a) Chicken wire.
(b) Plexiglass.
(c) Metal bars.
(d) Glass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many weeks did it take Hughes to apprehend the hermit once the Border Patrol had installed the state-of-the-art surveillance system?

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

4. During which season of the year did the written correspondence between Finkel and Knight take place?

5. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

8. What is the geographical setting of the text?

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

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

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