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The Silence Of The Lambs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

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Answer Key

Chapters 1-7

Reading Check

1. Hannibal has to wear a mouthpiece because he broke a nurse’s jaw to swallow her tongue. (Chapter 2)

2. Bella, Crawford’s wife, is dying of cancer. (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. Hannibal tells Clarice that she will find “Valentines” in the car. (Chapter 3)

2. Clarice met Crawford when he was a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia. (Chapter 1)

Chapters 8-11

Reading Check

1. The head belongs to Raspail’s lover, “Klaus something.” (Chapter 9)

2. The Blue Canoe is an old plane that the FBI uses. (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. They suspect Buffalo Bill is white because to date all the victims are white and serial killers tend to kill within their racial demographic. (Chapter 11)

2. Buffalo Bill dumps bodies in rivers and moving bodies of water. This complicates the investigation because it is harder to determine where the body was dumped. (Chapter 11)

Chapters 12-18

Reading Check

1. Bill cut off two triangular pieces of skin from the victim’s shoulders. (Chapter 12)

2. Clarice goes to the Smithsonian to meet with bug experts.

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