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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 child in the photograph angrily discussed by Knight had lost an animal due to a collision with what type of vehicle?
(a) A car.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A go-kart.
(d) A tractor.

2. Many locals disbelieved Knight's story because an ice storm that took place in what year would surely have killed him if he had been out there?
(a) 1987.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1991.

3. How many times did Knight claim to have prayed to a deity during his time living in the wilderness?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

4. 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) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Finkel cites a variety of studies showing that what element is toxic to humans?

2. How many tanks of propane did Knight require during a single winter so that he could melt snow for drinking water?

3. What type of music is said to have always been Knight's "undying passion" (103)?

4. In what season of each year did Knight hear wild turkeys gobbling?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the main reason why Knight rarely ventured from his campsite during the six months prior to each spring thaw?

2. Name three steps Knight took each year as winter approached.

3. How does Finkel inject humor into the text by providing the comments of Stephen M. Edelson regarding Knight's mental state?

4. Describe the significance of the National Geographic photograph discussed in Chapter 13.

5. What real-life example does Finkel use to demonstrate the wide variety of ways in which people respond to solitude?

6. To which transgressions did Knight admit and which act of wrongdoing did he adamantly deny?

7. Define the category of hermits identified by Finkel as protesters and provide one example.

8. In what way is the theme of eccentricity treated within Chapter 16?

9. What does the shelf mushroom discussed in Chapter 16 symbolize?

10. Explain the physiological theory Finkel discusses that focuses on the therapeutic effects of silence on humans.

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