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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. Who taught Jame Gumb how to sew?
(a) The California Department of Corrections.
(b) He worked in a coroner's office, sewing up dead bodies.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mrs. Lipscomb's Sewing school.

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

3. Where does Stacy Hubka work?
(a) An insurance agency.
(b) She is unemployed.
(c) A seamstress shop.
(d) For the government.

4. Whom does Dr. Chilton claim is responsible for Dr. Lecter's escape?
(a) Himself.
(b) Jack Crawford.
(c) Clarice.
(d) Sergeant Tate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 57, what is the last piece of good news that Clarice gets?

2. What does Buffalo Bill use to see his way around the dark, maze-like basement?

3. In Chapter 56, why does Jame Gumb decide to kill Catherine Martin?

4. What does Dr. Lecter say in his note to Dr. Chilton?

5. What prompts Clarice to run away from the dude ranch when she is a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Catherine's plan, and describe her attempts to get Jame Gumb to release her?

3. What advice does Crawford give Clarice about being a good leader?

4. 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?

5. What happens after Clarice realizes that Jame Gumb is Buffalo Bill, and he realizes she knows?

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

7. Do the Memphis guards underestimate Dr. Lecter? How do you know?

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

9. Do you think that Jame Gumb would be judged criminally insane or just plain evil?

10. What would the reasons be for Chilton and Krendler to try and blame Dr. Lecter's escape on Clarice?

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