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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About how many feet high was the high point of Knight's A-frame structure in which he lived for 27 years?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

3. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?
(a) The 15th and 16th.
(b) The 13th and 14th.
(c) The 8th and 9th.
(d) The 3rd and 4th.

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

5. The parcel of land on which Knight's campsite sat contained how many acres in total?
(a) 220.
(b) 80.
(c) 140.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which objects are NOT mentioned as part of the list of "constants" (23) in terms of the items Knight always stole?

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

3. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?

4. What is the theme of the epigraph Finkel includes before the body of the text begins?

5. Knight was charged with which two crimes shortly after his arrest?

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