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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finkel cites a variety of studies showing that what element is toxic to humans?
(a) Stress.
(b) Noise.
(c) High fructose corn syrup.
(d) Plastic.

2. How many propane tanks could Knight carry on his back at once by the time of his arrest?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. Physiologists believe that humans evolved and gained the use of their senses in which two types of locations?
(a) Marshes and grasslands.
(b) Deserts and woods.
(c) Woods and grasslands.
(d) Mountainous areas and grasslands.

4. What make and model was the vehicle Knight abandoned in the forest when he decided to renounce the world and live in solitude?
(a) Ford Thunderbird.
(b) Jeep Wrangler.
(c) AMC Eagle.
(d) Subaru Brat.

5. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Jesus?
(a) Pilgrim.
(b) Ascetic.
(c) Pursuer.
(d) Protester.

6. Which member of the Bellavance family is described by his son as "a little Frenchman with a big heart" (153)?
(a) Brian.
(b) Michael.
(c) Tony.
(d) Roger.

7. Finkel alludes in Chapter 22 to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its revelation that which number was "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" (147)?
(a) 36.
(b) 42.
(c) 99.
(d) 16.

8. What is the first name of the oldest member of the Bellavance family discussed in the text?
(a) Tony.
(b) David.
(c) Mark.
(d) Roger.

9. How many qualifications does Finkel claim a person must meet in order to be classified as a hermit?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. Finkel claims at the end of Chapter 17 that "time amid the silence of nature" (112) makes people what?
(a) Smarter.
(b) More grateful.
(c) More worthy of love.
(d) Calmer.

11. The photograph Knight recalled seeing in his childhood depicted a child watching over what kinds of animals?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Llamas.
(c) Cows.
(d) Goats.

12. Finkel makes a distinction in Chapter 22 between solitude and what other element?
(a) Angst.
(b) Terror.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Loneliness.

13. With what unfamiliar genre of music did Knight become very familiar over the course of his years living alone in the woods?
(a) Blues.
(b) Country.
(c) Classical.
(d) Opera.

14. Which magazine does Knight profess to hate, according to Finkel?
(a) Cosmopolitan.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Playboy.
(d) National Geographic.

15. What single word did the hiker Knight encountered say when he spoke to Knight?
(a) What.
(b) Hey.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Hi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which comedian did Knight claim to hate while discussing one of his psychological diagnoses?

2. How did Knight stay abreast of world events during his 27-year stint living in the woods?

3. Knight worried about which type of living thing when he heard that his campsite had been dismantled?

4. In what year did Kyle McDougle surprise an intruder in his family's cabin who turned out to have been Knight?

5. In what season of each year did Knight hear songbirds singing in the mornings and in the evenings?

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