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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Lecter thank Barney for?
(a) Years of decent treatment.
(b) His gourmet dinner.
(c) A pencil and a piece of paper.
(d) Clean towels.

2. Why does Clarice believe the dead girl is from town rather than a country girl?
(a) She has multiple ear piercings and glitter nail polish.
(b) She is carrying a driver's license with her address on it.
(c) She has a mohawk.
(d) She is wearing stiletto heels.

3. What is Dr. Lecter's nickname?
(a) Lecter the Specter.
(b) Hannibal the Cannibal.
(c) Dr. Death.
(d) Buffalo Bill.

4. Describe Dr. Lecter's "lodgings" and "uniform" while his cell is being cleaned.
(a) He is locked in a plexiglass box wearing only underwear.
(b) He is cuffed to a pole, wearing a straightjacket and a gag.
(c) He is moved to another cell, wearing the typical hospital whites.
(d) Bound to a mover's hand truck with a straightjacket, leg restraints, canvas webbing, and over his face, a hockey mask.

5. What does the Senator do to try to get Buffalo Bill to see her daughter as a person, not a victim?
(a) She repeats her daughter's name.
(b) She asks Buffalo Bill to let her daughter call home.
(c) She shows pictures of her daughter as a child.
(d) She offers Buffalo Bill all of her daughter's money.

6. In Chapter 22, Dr. Lecter tells Clarice that Buffalo Bill wants what?
(a) A vest with female breasts on it.
(b) Freedom to be open about his sexuality.
(c) A new car.
(d) A butterfly collection.

7. What was the name of the agent who recruited Clarice? She later refers to this character as "a two-faced recruiting sergeant son of a bitch."
(a) Jack Crawford.
(b) Bella Crawford.
(c) Jame Gumb.
(d) Ardelia Mapp.

8. Where and how does Starling find the bug cocoon?
(a) In the girl's ear while taking pictures for family identification.
(b) In the girl's hair while looking for trace evidence.
(c) Deep in the girl's throat while taking pictures for dental analysis.
(d) In the girl's vagina while doing a sexual assault work-up.

9. Why did Jack Crawford turn down Dr. Lecter's original offer of assistance in the Buffalo Bill case?
(a) Because Dr. Lecter's first offer was not sincere.
(b) Because Dr. Lecter made a previous offer of assistance resulted in the near-death of an FBI agent.
(c) Because Dr. Lecter lied about what he knew.
(d) Because Dr. Lecter was a convicted murderer.

10. Where does Senator Martin's offer allow Dr. Lecter to travel to once a year for vacation in return for information to help find her daughter?
(a) Plum Island.
(b) Riker's Island.
(c) Paris.
(d) The Grand Caymans.

11. How does Buffalo Bill abduct his latest victim in Chapter 15?
(a) He kidnaps her from a girlfriend's house.
(b) He asks her out on a date and abducts her.
(c) He feigns trying to load furniture on a truck with a broken arm.
(d) He abducts her while she is jogging.

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

13. What is used by the people in the morgue to mask the smell of decay?
(a) Potpourri.
(b) Surgical masks.
(c) Glade air freshener.
(d) Vicks VapoRub.

14. What is "Blue Canoe?"
(a) The FBI's private plane.
(b) An affectionate nickname for Clarice's roommate.
(c) Jack Crawford's favorite cologne.
(d) The FBI's private boat.

15. What did Clarice take with her when she ran away from the ranch, and why did she take it?
(a) She took her favorite horse, hoping to save its life.
(b) She takes a friend's phone number so she can call for a ride.
(c) She took her suitcase and photo album because they contained everything that reminded her of her father.
(d) She took food and water because she knew it would be a long trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clarice keep the crime scene in the storage room from being disturbed?

2. What did Dr. Lecter tell Clarice she would find in the Packard?

3. What gave Jame Gumb new hope?

4. When Clarice moved to her new home after the death of her father, what did she discover was the purpose of that location?

5. Where does Buffalo Bill keep his victims?

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