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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46 - 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Noble Pilcher tell Clarice that the word "moth" once meant?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Death.
(d) Oblivion.

2. What is Buffalo Bill's routine with his victims?
(a) He abducts them, keeps them for a week, skins them alive, and dumps them in a river.
(b) He shoots them and dumps them in a ravine.
(c) He abducts them, calls the family for ransom, collects the money, and then kills them.
(d) He puts them in a hole and buries them up to their neck.

3. What does Catherine see that finally brings home the identity of her abductor?
(a) A poodle.
(b) A broken, bloody fingernail with glitter nail polish.
(c) A bucket of buffalo wing bones.
(d) A broken cast.

4. From where does the Death's-head moth originate?
(a) Malaysia.
(b) Outer Mongolia.
(c) The Amazon rainforest.
(d) The Congo.

5. Whose spouse is dying, forcing that character to keep vigil at the spouse's bedside?
(a) Clarice Starling's.
(b) Barney's.
(c) Benjamin Raspail's.
(d) Jack Crawford's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jame Gumb speak to his poodle?

2. What happened to Buffalo Bill's victims who were kept in the back rooms of his basement?

3. In Chapter 41, how does Catherine Martin try to get Jame Gumb to let her out of the pit?

4. What does Dr. Lecter want in return for his help with catching the serial killer?

5. What did Clarice take with her when she ran away from the ranch, and why did she take it?

(see the answer key)

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