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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature from her childhood reminds Clarice of Dr. Chilton?
(a) A preening rooster.
(b) A glue factory bound horse.
(c) An insignificant ant.
(d) An opportunistic crow.

2. How does Jame Gumb speak to his poodle?
(a) He doesn't speak to the dog at all.
(b) In a deep baritone voice.
(c) In a normal voice.
(d) In a high falsetto voice.

3. When the roll-up door gets stuck, how does Clarice open it far enough for her to get under?
(a) She drives her car through it.
(b) The person who accompanied her holds it open.
(c) She uses jacks from her car.
(d) She props it up with a stick.

4. What does the Senator do to try to get Buffalo Bill to see her daughter as a person, not a victim?
(a) She shows pictures of her daughter as a child.
(b) She repeats her daughter's name.
(c) She offers Buffalo Bill all of her daughter's money.
(d) She asks Buffalo Bill to let her daughter call home.

5. In Chapter 22, Dr. Lecter tells Clarice that Buffalo Bill wants what?
(a) A butterfly collection.
(b) Freedom to be open about his sexuality.
(c) A new car.
(d) A vest with female breasts on it.

6. What item does Barney bring for Clarice when she visits Dr. Lecter in Chapter 25?
(a) A school desk.
(b) A notepad.
(c) A tape recorder.
(d) A chair.

7. Whose spouse is dying, forcing that character to keep vigil at the spouse's bedside?
(a) Clarice Starling's.
(b) Barney's.
(c) Benjamin Raspail's.
(d) Jack Crawford's.

8. What does Jack Crawford think that Dr. Lecter knows about Buffalo Bill?
(a) Buffalo Bill's favorite meal.
(b) Buffalo Bill's mode of transportation.
(c) Buffalo Bill's true identity.
(d) Buffalo Bill's reason for killing.

9. Buffalo Bill has how many known victims?
(a) Five.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Two.

10. What does Catherine see that finally brings home the identity of her abductor?
(a) A bucket of buffalo wing bones.
(b) A poodle.
(c) A broken cast.
(d) A broken, bloody fingernail with glitter nail polish.

11. When Clarice moved to her new home after the death of her father, what did she discover was the purpose of that location?
(a) It was a dog breeding farm.
(b) Exotic birds were raised for illegal sale.
(c) Horses were slaughtered for glue.
(d) It was a teaching location for future veterinarians.

12. What is the name of the FBI trainee selected to assist with the serial killer investigation?
(a) Barney.
(b) Jack Crawford.
(c) Clarice Starling.
(d) Benjamin Raspail.

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

14. Why does Jack Crawford want Clarice to start talking to Dr. Lecter again?
(a) Because he thinks Dr. Lecter can teach Clarice some profiling skills.
(b) Because he wants to get Clarice out of the way, and he thinks getting her to talk to Dr. Lecter will do just that.
(c) Because he believes Dr. Lecter lied about the how, why and by whom of Klaus' death.
(d) Because he thinks Clarice can get Dr. Lecter to tell her who Buffalo Bill really is.

15. What does Noble Pilcher tell Clarice that the word "moth" once meant?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Oblivion.
(c) Death.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic of Buffalo Bill is evident in the blouse found by the police homeless man's cart?

2. Who accompanies Clarice to the storage facility?

3. What does Dr. Lecter want in return for his help with catching the serial killer?

4. Where does Clarice take the bug cocoon for identification?

5. Who is Dr. Danielson?

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