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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Clarice doing in Chapter 1 when she is called to the Section Chief's office?
(a) She is practicing at the firing range.
(b) She is sitting in her Pinto, gathering her thoughts.
(c) She is flirting with the hospital director.
(d) She is preparing a questionnaire for an interview.

2. When Clarice moved to her new home after the death of her father, what did she discover was the purpose of that location?
(a) Horses were slaughtered for glue.
(b) Exotic birds were raised for illegal sale.
(c) It was a dog breeding farm.
(d) It was a teaching location for future veterinarians.

3. What is the name given to the serial killer that Clarice is hunting?
(a) Jeffery Dahmer.
(b) Buffalo Bill.
(c) Barney.
(d) Jack Crawford.

4. 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) Ardelia Mapp.
(b) Bella Crawford.
(c) Jack Crawford.
(d) Jame Gumb.

5. What is notable about the vacation spot that Senator Martin offers to Dr. Lecter in return for information to aid in the return of her daughter?
(a) It is in Miami Beach.
(b) It is the location for a famous archaeological dig.
(c) It is in the British West Indies.
(d) It is the Animal Disease Center for Federal hoof and mouth disease research.

6. What is the name of the brilliant serial killer housed in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane?
(a) Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
(b) Buffalo Bill.
(c) Ted Bundy.
(d) Jame Gumb.

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

8. Why does Jack Crawford want Clarice to start talking to Dr. Lecter again?
(a) Because he thinks Dr. Lecter can teach Clarice some profiling skills.
(b) Because he believes Dr. Lecter lied about the how, why and by whom of Klaus' death.
(c) Because he thinks Clarice can get Dr. Lecter to tell her who Buffalo Bill really is.
(d) Because he wants to get Clarice out of the way, and he thinks getting her to talk to Dr. Lecter will do just that.

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

10. What does Jack Crawford think that Dr. Lecter might have done just for fun?
(a) Tried on women's clothing and shoes.
(b) Killed his entire family when he was just a child.
(c) Ingested a human liver.
(d) Turned loose a bunch of dangerous lunatics.

11. How did Lecter kill Benjamin Raspail?
(a) Strangulation.
(b) A stiletto knife through the heart.
(c) He cut his tongue out and allowed him to bleed to death.
(d) Slowly, with much torture.

12. What does Jack Crawford tell Clarice that Dr. Lecter did prior to his imprisonment?
(a) Dr. Lecter used to be the FBI's leading criminal profiler.
(b) Dr. Lecter used to do psychiatric evaluations for the courts.
(c) Dr. Lecter used to do surgery on injured FBI agents.
(d) Dr. Lecter used to be Jack Crawford's personal physician.

13. What does Miggs throw at Clarice?
(a) Food.
(b) Chewed gum.
(c) Semen.
(d) Spit.

14. Who is the first to arrive at the storage facility when backup is called for?
(a) The press.
(b) The Baltimore police department.
(c) Dr. Chilton.
(d) The FBI.

15. What is the name of the latest victim from Chapter 15?
(a) Catherine Baker Martin.
(b) Bella Crawford.
(c) Clarice Starling.
(d) Ardelia Louise Mapp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rules for giving documents to the inmate that Clarice is at the hospital to see?

2. In Chapter 22, Dr. Lecter tells Clarice that Buffalo Bill wants what?

3. Who killed Benjamin Raspail and why?

4. Why does Jack Crawford tell Clarice to keep any inside information from Dr. Chilton?

5. What characteristic of Buffalo Bill is evident in the blouse found by the police homeless man's cart?

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