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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?
(a) Octopus.
(b) Loch Ness monster.
(c) Giant squid.
(d) Sasquatch.

2. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?
(a) 11.
(b) 27.
(c) 14.
(d) 34.

3. Which comedian did Knight claim to hate while discussing one of his psychological diagnoses?
(a) Steve Carell.
(b) Mitch Hedberg.
(c) Groucho Marx.
(d) Jerry Lewis.

4. The group of ice fisherman was composed of which members of one family?
(a) A son, a father, and a grandfather.
(b) Two brothers and a father.
(c) Three cousins.
(d) A son, an uncle, and a grandfather.

5. Finkel states that in Central Maine, "summer is rife with" (56) all but which of the following elements?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Thorns.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Squalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?

2. Who sent word to the Maine State Police and asked them to alert Trooper Diane Vance about the scene at Pine Tree?

3. Finkel writes, "The United Nations has determined that holding a person in isolation for more than" how many "days is cruel and inhuman punishment" (136)?

4. What is Christopher Knight's middle name?

5. About how many prisoners in the U.S. are serving sentences in solitary confinement, according to Finkel?

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