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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jame Gumb's physical description?
(a) White male, thirty-something, just above six feet, very thin with brown hair and brown eyes.
(b) White male, thirty-four, six feet one inch, 205 pounds, brown and blue, no distinguishing marks.
(c) White male, between the ages of 28 and 32 with blonde hair and green eyes.
(d) No physical description is provided.

3. 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) Riker's Island.
(b) Paris.
(c) Plum Island.
(d) The Grand Caymans.

4. What does Buffalo Bill demand that Catherine do, or else the hose will be turned on her?
(a) Dance.
(b) Tell him that he's beautiful.
(c) Wash her skin and rub lotion on it.
(d) Have her mother send money.

5. What characteristic of Buffalo Bill is evident in the blouse found by the police homeless man's cart?
(a) It is neatly buttoned and folded.
(b) It is slit up the back.
(c) It is cut to ribbons.
(d) It has been freshly laundered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where and how does Starling find the bug cocoon?

2. How does Clarice open the frozen locks on the storage unit?

3. In Chapter 27, what does Dr. Chilton remove from the school desk while Dr. Lecter looks on?

4. What is the name of Clarice's roommate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an imago, and how does this relate to Buffalo Bill?

2. What does Bella's impending death do to Jack Crawford? How does it affect him physically? Mentally? Is he prepared for her death?

3. What factors might have combined to make Catherine Martin vulnerable to attack?

4. In Chapter 27, what does Chilton tell Dr. Lecter about the FBI to instill doubt in their honesty with Dr. Lecter?

5. Why is Clarice so eager to get into Raspail's storage unit? Does she truly think that any tip from Dr. Lecter would be true?

6. What might the Black Witch Moth symbolize to Buffalo Bill?

7. How does Clarice display her attention to detail while examining the victim's body in Chapter 12?

8. How does Clarice demonstrate her resourcefulness at the storage unit crime scene?

9. What happens to frustrate Clarice after she learns of Catherine Martin's abduction by Buffalo Bill?

10. How does Senator Martin try to affect Buffalo Bill psychologically?

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