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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. In what season of the year did Kyle McDougle surprise Knight as he was getting ready to steal from the McDougle cabin?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

2. Finkel suggests that most hermits throughout history have seceded from society during what period of their lives?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Middle age.
(c) Old age.
(d) Childhood.

3. Finkel states that the word noise "is derived from" what language "from the word nausea" (112)?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Portuguese.

4. A forensic psychologist from what state evaluated Knight in conjunction with his criminal case?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

5. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?
(a) Classic rock.
(b) Country.
(c) Bluegrass.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Knight claim to have prayed to a deity during his time living in the wilderness?

2. What was the first name of Knight's Hunter Safety and Outdoor Skills teacher named Mr. Hillman?

3. Which member of the Bellavance family is described by his son as "a little Frenchman with a big heart" (153)?

4. What objects did Knight watch when it was time to celebrate the Fourth of July?

5. How was Knight classified within his father's obituary, according to Finkel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 14 of the text?

2. How does Knight view the workaday world in the United States?

3. Explain the physiological theory Finkel discusses that focuses on the therapeutic effects of silence on humans.

4. What does the shelf mushroom discussed in Chapter 16 symbolize?

5. For what reason does Knight revere Socrates?

6. In what way does the theme of regret enter the narrative at least once before Chapter 14?

7. Define the category of hermits identified by Finkel as protesters and provide one example.

8. How does Finkel inject humor into the text by providing the comments of Stephen M. Edelson regarding Knight's mental state?

9. To which transgressions did Knight admit and which act of wrongdoing did he adamantly deny?

10. Describe the significance of the National Geographic photograph discussed in Chapter 13.

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