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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 did Dr. Lecter tell Clarice she would find in the Packard?
(a) Dr. Lecter's patient notes.
(b) A valentine.
(c) A collection of 8-track tapes.
(d) A dead body.

2. What does the Senator offer to Jack Crawford to entice him into taking her daughter's case?
(a) The use of a Lear jet so he can fly home each night to be with his ailing wife.
(b) A substantial raise with enticing benefits.
(c) A job advancement.
(d) The opportunity to get his name in the paper.

3. What are the rules for giving documents to the inmate that Clarice is at the hospital to see?
(a) The document must be made of soft paper and free of staples and paper clips, and she cannot give him either a pen or pencil.
(b) The document must be edited so the inmate is not given information he can use against the hospital.
(c) The document must be handwritten.
(d) There are no special rules.

4. Dr. Danielson agrees to discuss patient files from the Gender Identity Clinic with whom?
(a) Jerry Burroughs.
(b) Clarice.
(c) Dr. Bloom.
(d) Jack Crawford.

5. After Dr. Chilton sends everyone away, what does he tell Dr. Lecter?
(a) That Dr. Chilton will find the special book that Dr. Lecter wants if he will only share his knowledge about Buffalo Bill.
(b) That Senator Martin's deal is a fake, and Dr. Lecter will never see the sunlight again.
(c) That he can't wait to break him and see him squirm.
(d) That Dr. Chilton and Clarice are having an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jame Gumb's physical description?

2. Clarice shares her worst memory with Dr. Lecter. What is that memory?

3. What is Dr. Lecter's nickname?

4. Who is Dr. Danielson?

5. What did Jame Gumb do to Klaus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Clarice rewarded or punished for her actions in Raspail's storage area and her subsequent conversation with Dr. Lecter?

2. How does Clarice demonstrate her resourcefulness at the storage unit crime scene?

3. What creature does Clarice compare Dr. Chilton to and why?

4. In Chapter 26, how does the staff of the hospital ensure their safety and Dr. Lecter's cooperation while they are cleaning his cell, and how does Dr. Lecter entertain himself while they do this?

5. How does Clarice display her attention to detail while examining the victim's body in Chapter 12?

6. What does Dr. Chilton do to thwart the FBI and insert himself into the Catherine Martin investigation?

7. How does Senator Martin try to affect Buffalo Bill psychologically?

8. Do you think Clarice sees Crawford as a father figure? Why or why not?

9. What does Crawford think about Dr. Lecter's eerily accurate prediction that the girl would be scalped? How does Crawford feel about Dr. Lecter's other, unsubstantiated prediction?

10. How does Dr. Lecter work his way into the Buffalo Bill investigation when his only purpose to the FBI was to be as a tool for study through his psychological evaluation? Again, how does he show his disdain for law enforcement? If he is so anti-authority, why does he speak with Clarice?

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