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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. After her father's death when she was a child, where did Clarice live?
(a) In Chicago with her mother and three siblings.
(b) With her grandparents.
(c) In a foster home.
(d) On a horse ranch owned by her mother's cousin.

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

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

4. What does Bella's spouse do to make her bedroom as normal as possible?
(a) He pushes two hospital beds together so he can sleep next to her.
(b) He decorates her room with bright colors.
(c) He paints the room in warm, soothing earth tones.
(d) He fills the room with flowers and plants.

5. Who killed the man in the Packard and why?
(a) Dr. Lecter killed the man because he was annoying.
(b) Benjamin Raspail killed the man because he was unfaithful.
(c) Buffalo Bill killed the man because he stole Bill's girlfriend.
(d) The man died of natural causes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name given to the serial killer that Clarice is hunting?

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

4. How does Clarice demonstrate her superior hand strength?

5. Whose spouse is dying, forcing that character to keep vigil at the spouse's bedside?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, Crawford explains that he wants Clarice to talk to Dr. Lecter again. Why?

3. Do you think that Clarice's actions at the storage space were born out of desperation?

4. Do you think Clarice sees Crawford as a father figure? Why or why not?

5. Working under time pressure, what information will Clarice present to Dr. Lecter as inside information? Why is Clarice not to trust Dr. Chilton?

6. What benefits comprise the proposal package that Clarice puts together for Dr. Lecter in Senator Martin's name, and what is unique about the vacation spot?

7. How does Clarice tactfully clear the room of excess law enforcement at the funeral home where the latest victim's body is being kept?

8. Why is Clarice so eager to run headlong into uncertainty?

9. What were the circumstances surrounding Benjamin Raspail's death? What was his actual cause of death?

10. Why would Dr. Lecter be offended by being interviewed by a FBI trainee? How does he control the environment around him? How does he control the conversation with Clarice?

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