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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the symbol carved in the tree represent on the mah-jongg piece?

2. What information does Graham get from Lounds' murder?

3. What does Lounds first believe to be in the thermos?

4. What does Dolarhyde write in his ledger with a copy of Freddie Lounds' article fabricated by Crawford and Graham?

5. What did the killer break throughout the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangement does Graham make with Lecter when he goes to visit Lecter in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 12 what is discovered about the marking that was left in the tree by the killer?

3. What is the thermos used for that Dolarhyde puts in Lounds' lap?

4. What does Graham not like about Crawford's plan involving Freddy Lounds in Chapter 17?

5. After Lounds is taken captive by Dolarhyde what is Dolarhyde's response to Lounds' phrase "man to man"?

6. Describe the response that Dolarhyde's stepbrothers and sisters have when he arrives.

7. What does Dolarhyde say to Dr Lecter in reference to Graham on the toilet paper in Chapter 13?

8. In Chapter 6 how does Graham describe his encounter with Dr. Lecter?

9. What does the range master note about the couple, Graham and Molly, at the shooting range at the end of Chapter 15?

10. In Chapter 18 what information does Bloom give Crawford, Graham, and the others, in reference to the killer, to use in the made-up story that Lounds was going to produce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dolarhyde honestly appears to care for Reba. Could he have resisted his urges to kill and "become" had he found Reba earlier on? Explain. What is it about Reba that made her safe with Dolarhyde?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Dolarhyde become desperate to destroy the Dragon even though it is the Dragon that Dolarhyde believes he gets his power from? Why was Dolarhyde unable to break loose of the Dragon's grasp?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it that Dolarhyde doesn't fully realize that he has begun to have feelings for Reba? Why is it that the service man at the station attempting to look up Reba's dress is what gives him an idea that he is beginning to care for her? What does this reveal about Dolarhyde?

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