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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location did Knight keep his book entitled Very Special People?
(a) In the hollow of a tree.
(b) In his tent.
(c) Under his pillow.
(d) Next to the sink.

2. In what season of each year did Knight hear wild turkeys gobbling?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

3. How many tanks of propane did Knight require during a single winter so that he could melt snow for drinking water?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. At what time of year did Knight annually cultivate a beard?
(a) Early winter.
(b) Early spring.
(c) Late winter.
(d) Late fall.

5. In what season of the year did Kyle McDougle surprise Knight as he was getting ready to steal from the McDougle cabin?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

6. Of the "dozens of North Pond summer residents who offered their opinions about Knight," what percentage of them "insisted that he was lying" (128)?
(a) 20.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 80.

7. In what season of each year did Knight hear songbirds singing in the mornings and in the evenings?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

8. 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) 99.
(b) 42.
(c) 36.
(d) 16.

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

10. When Knight heard the ice fishermen approaching, he walked only how many steps out of his camp before he was spotted?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 24.
(d) 8.

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

12. What title is given as "the only book Knight didn't steal" and "the one he most often saw" (115)?
(a) Webster's Dictionary.
(b) 1984.
(c) The Shining.
(d) The Bible.

13. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?
(a) Bluegrass.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Country.
(d) Classic rock.

14. Mr. Hillman lamented his possible role in Knight's criminal activity because he had told Knight's class that taking what action was alright in a life or death situation?
(a) Borrowing things from cabins with the intention of returning them.
(b) Setting a bonfire.
(c) Doing whatever it took to survive.
(d) Breaking into cabins and stealing needed supplies.

15. What body of water does Finkel use as a metaphor for the array of names given to hermits throughout history?
(a) Bog.
(b) Pond.
(c) Sea.
(d) Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many qualifications does Finkel claim a person must meet in order to be classified as a hermit?

2. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

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

4. Finkel makes a distinction in Chapter 22 between solitude and what other element?

5. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Charles Darwin?

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