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

2. What is different about the way Frederica's body was discarded compared to Buffalo Bill's other victims?
(a) She was weighted down.
(b) She was discarded in back of an abandoned building.
(c) She had a tarp wrapped around her.
(d) She was dismembered.

3. What does Jame Gumb use to tan his hides?
(a) Lanolin.
(b) Cowboy's Best Hide Tanner.
(c) Cow brains.
(d) Urine.

4. What music does Dr. Lecter request?
(a) "Requiem In C Minor".
(b) "Goldberg Variations".
(c) "Jesus Christ Superstar".
(d) "La Traviata".

5. Where is the Hostage Rescue Team going to apprehend Buffalo Bill?
(a) Culver City, CA.
(b) San Diego, CA
(c) Calumet City, IL
(d) Brooklyn, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bimmel house smell like?

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

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

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

5. From where does the Death's-head moth originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Lecter manipulate the conversation with Senator Martin, as well as anyone else needing his assistance?

2. Do you think that Dr. Lecter left the cipher in the toilet for Senator Martin or for Clarice?

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

4. How does Dr. Lecter escape?

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

6. At what point is it apparent to Clarice that Jame Gumb is Buffalo Bill?

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

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

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. Once Clarice finds out about Jame Gumb and the FBI team on its way to Illinois to apprehend the killer, how and why does she continue her investigation?

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