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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. Why is Graham scared to see Lecter?

2. What is found to be hidden in the message from Lecter?

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

4. What is Graham's main reason for not liking Crawford's plan?

5. Why does Francis Dolarhyde search his house before he relaxes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Marian Dolarhyde's response when she sees her son after he is born?

3. What is the first thing that Graham does when he arrives in Atlanta in Chapter 2?

4. What happens that places Francis Dolarhyde in the army?

5. How are the teeth imprints found on the bodies described in Chapter 3?

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

7. Describe Dr. Lecter's response to Dolarhyde that the police find in Chapter 14 and why they decide to run it rather than stop it.

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

9. How does Dolarhyde change when he realizes that Reba is blind?

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's only word that he says while at the Graham's house is "Muhner" or Mother pronounced just as he had before his corrective surgery. Why was this his last word and what does it reveal about Dolarhyde? What effect did his death have on Molly? Did she blame Graham or simply associate him with the events? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Dr. Lecter never is shown revealing any emotion except in Graham's recalling. What does this reveal about Dr. Lecter? Does this make him more or less believable as a "bad guy" in the story? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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