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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Knight claimed never to have lit a fire during all his years living in the woods, what reason did he give?
(a) He wanted to test his true limits.
(b) He used space heaters instead.
(c) He never learned how to start a fire.
(d) The smoke might have given his campsite away.

2. What incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?
(a) A coat.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A vest.
(d) A pair of jeans.

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

4. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. Finkel reports that he and his wife had had how many "babies in three years" (32) at the time of his investigation into Knight's story?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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 season does Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods take place?

3. When an interrogation of Knight is depicted in Chapter 4, who takes on the role of interrogator?

4. Knight estimated that he had committed how many burglaries per year during the time he spent living in the woods?

5. What was Knight's first answer when he was asked how long he had been living in the woods?

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