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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. Of what did Senator Martin accuse Clarice?
(a) Theft.
(b) Having an affair with Jack Crawford.
(c) Murder.
(d) Having bad fashion sense.

2. What does Clarice hear that gives Jame Gumb's position away?
(a) He knocks over a mannequin.
(b) He breaks a glass.
(c) His gun cocking.
(d) He is giggling like a schoolgirl.

3. What kind of gun does Jame Gumb own?
(a) Midnight Special.
(b) Colt Python.
(c) AK 47.
(d) BB Gun.

4. What does the armoire in Jame Gumb's sewing room contain?
(a) His Special Things.
(b) His mother's keepsakes.
(c) His sewing supplies.
(d) Outfits he has sewn for Precious.

5. What makes Senator Martin afraid that she has trusted a fool in trusting Dr. Chilton?
(a) Dr. Chilton removes Dr. Lecter's mask with a theatrical flourish.
(b) Dr. Chilton removes all of Dr. Lecter's restraints.
(c) Dr. Chilton starts babbling from the moment he meets the Senator.
(d) Dr. Chilton calls Senator Martin's daughter by the wrong name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cover that the Hostage Rescue Team uses?

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

3. The men find Dr. Lecter's body on top of the elevator. What do they realize as they bring the body through the elevator ceiling hatch?

4. In which state did Frederica Bimmel live?

5. What is surprising about Frederica Bimmel's clothes in Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens/happened in Jame Gumb's basement, and what aspects of the basement add to the terror of his victims?

3. 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?

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

5. Do you think that Clarice overstepped her bounds by visiting Dr. Lecter without going through the proper channels?

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

7. How does Dr. Lecter escape?

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

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

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