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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers lived in caves on either side of which river?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Yangtze.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Mesopotamia.

2. How old was Knight at the time he was apprehended?
(a) 36.
(b) 47.
(c) 58.
(d) 24.

3. How many letters had Finkel received from Knight by the time he received one final letter from him?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. The 273 words contained within Knight's first letter to Finkel was broken into how many paragraphs?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

5. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?
(a) A lumber yard.
(b) An assisted living facility.
(c) A paper factory.
(d) A summer camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vance had been following the case of the hermit for how many years before he was apprehended?

2. How many screws did one of Knight's victims use in order to successfully thwart his efforts to steal?

3. On what type of object was Knight sitting during Finkel's visit to see him in jail?

4. In addition to trees and bushes, what other objects were prominent features of the woods in which Knight lived for 27 years?

5. In what state do the events depicted in the text The Stranger in the Woods take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 4 describes the interrogation of Christopher Knight after his arrest. In what year did the arrest take place and how old was Christopher Knight at the time?

2. How does Finkel use historical allusions to shed further light on the case of the North Pond hermit?

3. What were Christopher Knight's criteria when he decided whether to steal an item or not during his time living in the woods?

4. What event changed Knight's mind about allowing Finkel to visit him in jail and why did it have this effect?

5. Discuss an instance when Finkel uses a metaphor to communicate with the reader about an aspect of Knight's life.

6. On what evidence was Trooper Vance basing her conclusion about Knight when she said, "No way did this guy emerge from the woods" (14)?

7. Describe Knight's sole encounter with another human during his time living in the forest, according to Finkel in Chapter 5.

8. What do books symbolize within the narrative of The Stranger in the Woods?

9. Discuss one unsuccessful technique Finkel used in his efforts to connect with Christopher Knight, North Pond hermit.

10. What were the contents of the final letter Knight sent to Finkel and what were Finkel's feelings about this final letter?

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