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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Pembry's condition when Sergeant Tate's men reach the fifth floor.

2. What happened to Buffalo Bill's victims who were kept in the back rooms of his basement?

3. What is the last question Jame Gumb asks Clarice?

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

5. Dr. Lecter checks into the elegant Marcus Hotel. What is special about this hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Lecter avoid suspicion after his escape?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Catherine Martin's abduction finally bring the FBI much needed reinforcements to the search for Buffalo Bill? Do you think the case would have taken longer to solve had she not been a senator's daughter?

Essay Topic 2

Clarisse is a strong, independent woman, but in the beginning of the novel, one gets the feeling that she is slightly intimidated by the men around her. Why would Clarisse feel intimidated? Is there a turning point where she no longer appears to feel intimidated? If so, when does that turning point occur, and what happens to make you feel that she has finally come to feel equal to the men around her?

Essay Topic 3

What events lead to Clarisse's discovery that Buffalo Bill is making a suit out of the skin he takes from his victims? Where was she when she had this realization? What specific occurrence leads to this theory?

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