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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 does John Brigham hope to do for Clarice once she returns to Quantico?
(a) Enter her in an interservice shooting match.
(b) Help her get over her depression.
(c) Save her reputation.
(d) Take her out to dinner and a movie.

2. How does Dr. Lecter escape?
(a) He hides in the crawlspace until the building is sufficiently empty for him to sneak out.
(b) He takes Sergeant Tate hostage and negotiates his freedom with Senator Martin.
(c) He uses the guard's belts and the fire escape to scale down the outside of the building. He then steals a car and crosses the border into Georgia.
(d) He puts on Pembry's face and pretends to be horribly mutilated and barely alive guard. He is loaded into the ambulance and overpowers the attendant.

3. With Dr. Lecter driving his care, where was Lloyd Wyman riding?
(a) He was buried in a shallow grave, not riding in his car.
(b) In the passenger seat.
(c) In the back seat.
(d) In the trunk.

4. From what materials does Dr. Lecter make a handcuff key?
(a) His spoon.
(b) Discarded staples and a wooden spool.
(c) A paperclip and the ink tube from a pen.
(d) None. He steals the key from one of the guards as he leans over.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 48, Clarice figures out the Buffalo Bill lives where?

2. Whom does Dr. Chilton claim is responsible for Dr. Lecter's escape?

3. What makes Senator Martin afraid that she has trusted a fool in trusting Dr. Chilton?

4. Where does Clarice confront Jack Crawford about staying on the case?

5. Dr. Lecter leaves a cipher which spells out the biochemical formula C33 H36 N4 O6. What is this the chemical formula for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Clarice's obsession with Buffalo Bill's victims is beneficial or harmful. Why?

2. What happens/happened in Jame Gumb's basement, and what aspects of the basement add to the terror of his victims?

3. Do you think that Paul Krendler helps or hinders the investigation by giving in to Senator Martin's wishes?

4. Do you think that Clarice overstepped her bounds by visiting Dr. Lecter without going through the proper channels?

5. How does Clarice end up at Jame Gumb's house, and why does she go in?

6. How does the FBI get information on Jame Gumb, and where does it lead them?

7. Do you think Bella's death will help or hinder Jack Crawford in the Buffalo Bill investigation and why?

8. How does Catherine Martin throw the proverbial wrench into Jame Gumb's harvest rituals?

9. What price did Clarice pay to stay on the Buffalo Bill investigation, and do you think she feels the price was too high?

10. Does Clarice gain insight into the person Frederica Bimmel was by exploring her room? What conclusions about Frederica does Clarice draw from the brief time she spends at the Bimmel house?

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