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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 human remains are recovered?

2. What does Dolarhyde contemplate doing in order to save Reba from the Dragon?

3. What does Graham think is the connection between the two murdered families?

4. What deadline are the police working against in regard to when the killer will strike next?

5. What did the police NOT encounter on the way to Dolarhyde's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in the hospital what does Graham tell Reba?

2. Who does the Dragon demand to have in Chapter 37?

3. What does the letter from Dr. Lecter say that Graham receives while in the hospital?

4. What does Reba tell Police when they show up at the scene of the house fire?

5. What does Dolarhyde do when he sees Reba kiss Ralph Mandy?

6. What does Molly tell Graham when they get home?

7. Describe Reba's trip to see the Tiger and the reaction of the people involved.

8. What is the trouble with finding Dolarhyde's home?

9. What is Graham's response when the mockingbird whistles in Chapter 51?

10. What is Graham still looking for in Dolarhyde's desk when Crawford appears and tells him that the flight that Dolarhyde has written on the calender is to the Leeds' home town?

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

Dolarhyde's mother is shown having four meetings with him; When he is born, when his grandmother takes him to see her, when his grandmother takes ill and at his grandmother's funeral. In what ways does their meeting change each time? Why was the last meeting so different?

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