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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which season of the year did the written correspondence between Finkel and Knight take place?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

3. What object is named in Chapter 1 as being "not allowed, not once," for a hermit who is "truly committed" (3)?
(a) A shower.
(b) A hug.
(c) A fire.
(d) A bootprint.

4. How many different boulders made up the doorway to Knight's campsite?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. Who is described as having been "in awe" (56) of the skill with which Knight moved around the wilderness?
(a) Knight's parents.
(b) Trooper Vance.
(c) Sergeant Hughes.
(d) The fauna.

6. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?
(a) The act of bribery.
(b) The creation of a composite character.
(c) The creation of a totally fabricated story.
(d) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.

7. What tool did the North Pond locals feel sure would lead to the capture of the North Pond hermit?
(a) Surveillance cameras.
(b) Deadbolts.
(c) Security lights.
(d) Bear traps.

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

9. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?
(a) Tiles.
(b) Carpet.
(c) Linoleum.
(d) Bricks.

10. What adjective does Finkel use to describe his journalistic past?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Courageous.

11. In what way is Hughes affiliated with the location where he ended up apprehending the hermit?
(a) Former patient.
(b) Former student.
(c) Investor.
(d) Longtime volunteer.

12. Finkel adamantly claims in Chapter 11 that he found no evidence of what object having ever come within the bounds of Knight's campsite?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A fire.
(c) Another human.
(d) A car.

13. Vance had been following the case of the hermit for how many years before he was apprehended?
(a) 23.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

14. 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) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

15. What was the only thing found inside the hermit's wallet when he was apprehended at Pine Tree?
(a) A photo of a little boy.
(b) Cash.
(c) His driver's license.
(d) His social security card.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Knight born?

2. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?

3. In which two centuries did the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers inhabit caves on either side of a particular river?

4. What sort of object(s) did Knight use to run propane from the propane tank to his camp stove?

5. According to Finkel, the area known to locals as "the Jarsey" (56) is known for repelling what?

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