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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jame Gumb invite Clarice into his house?
(a) To get her a business card for Mrs. Lippman's lawyer.
(b) To kill her.
(c) Clarice admires Precious and wants to play with the dog.
(d) To offer her a drink.

2. Who is John Grant?
(a) Jack Crawford's father-in-law.
(b) Clarice's boyfriend.
(c) An alias that Jame Gumb used.
(d) Jame Gumb's brother.

3. What happens to alert the gathered officers to trouble in the courthouse?
(a) Loud music.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Evil laughter over the loudspeaker.
(d) Screams.

4. Jame Gumb tells Clarice that Mrs. Lippman is where?
(a) Dead.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) South Bend.
(d) Florida.

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

6. What happened to Buffalo Bill's victims who were kept in the back rooms of his basement?
(a) They were chained to the wall and allowed to slowly starve to death.
(b) They were left suspended from the ceiling until they died.
(c) They were brutally tortured and electrocuted.
(d) Many were walled up in rooms while they were still alive.

7. What is the cover that the Hostage Rescue Team uses?
(a) A florist delivery truck with a sledgehammer in a flower box.
(b) A group of homeless men.
(c) A landscaping company.
(d) They don't worry about cover.

8. Dr. Lecter tells Senator Martin that she shouldn't trust Jack Crawford for what reason?
(a) Jack Crawford is actually Buffalo Bill.
(b) Jack Crawford has a crush on her.
(c) Jack Crawford is a pathological liar.
(d) Jack Crawford only cares about credit and glory.

9. What does Clarice tell Catherine Martin when she begs Clarice to get her out of the pit?
(a) To grab her hand.
(b) To shut up and quiet the dog.
(c) To climb the pit's wall.
(d) That her mom is on the way.

10. Describe Boyle's condition when Sergeant Tate's men reach the fifth floor.
(a) He is restrained but unharmed.
(b) He looks strangely peaceful, but he has been brutally strangled.
(c) His face is hacked to pieces, and he is partially eviscerated.
(d) He has been skinned, and a bug cocoon has been left in his throat.

11. What does Jame Gumb always do before "harvesting a hide"?
(a) He dresses the poodle in its cutest outfit.
(b) He feeds his moths.
(c) He eats a dinner of baked beans and macaroni and cheese.
(d) He watches a tape of his mother.

12. Dr. Lecter leaves a cipher which spells out the biochemical formula C33 H36 N4 O6. What is this the chemical formula for?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Stomach acid.
(c) Glucose.
(d) Bilirubin.

13. What ailment does Dr. Lecter say that Billy Rubin once had?
(a) Depression.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Elephant ivory anthrax.
(d) Leprosy.

14. Who gives Jack Crawford the lead that directs him to Buffalo Bill?
(a) Senator Martin.
(b) Clarice.
(c) Dr. Danielson.
(d) Paul Krendler.

15. In Chapter 31, what does Barney get for Clarice?
(a) Dr. Lecter's remaining personal items.
(b) Dr. Chilton's date book.
(c) A cup of coffee, black.
(d) Dr. Lecter's journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. With Dr. Lecter driving his care, where was Lloyd Wyman riding?

2. What kind of gun does Jame Gumb own?

3. What does the FBI order Jack Crawford to do in Chapter 39?

4. What does Clarice hear that gives Jame Gumb's position away?

5. What does John Brigham hope to do for Clarice once she returns to Quantico?

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