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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did William Heirens complete while in prison?
(a) His novel.
(b) His family tree.
(c) His college degree.
(d) His theological studies.

2. Where did the police place the bloody rock in the interrogation room at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Above the suspect.
(b) In his hand.
(c) Where the suspect had to turn his head to view it.
(d) In front of the suspect.

3. What did the prosecutor ask Douglas' opinion about during Wayne Williams' trial?
(a) If Wayne Williams' was guilty.
(b) The cross examination.
(c) His opening statement.
(d) His closing argument.

4. What metaphor arose from a conversation with Douglas' mother about sex?
(a) Everybody has a soul.
(b) Everybody has a rock.
(c) Everybody has a story.
(d) Everybody loves their mother.

5. What did the FBI consider profiling to be prior to 1980?
(a) A necessary evil.
(b) The future of law enforcement.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Time consuming.

6. Who supplied the training via road schools in Chapter 6?
(a) PTA.
(b) BSU.
(c) KGB.
(d) CIA.

7. In Chapter 8, what case did Douglas use to show how profiling narrows the suspect list?
(a) The case of Christin Frank.
(b) The case of Bob Ewells.
(c) The case of Francine Elveson
(d) The case of Hank Simpson.

8. While in Milwaukee, Douglas trained bankers and businessmen in _________.
(a) Kidnapping and extortion.
(b) Rifle skills.
(c) White collar crime.
(d) Community policing.

9. What serial killer did Douglas study while in Quantico in Chapter 5?
(a) The Zodiak Killer.
(b) Jeffery Dahmer.
(c) The Unibomber.
(d) Edward Gein.

10. In Chapter 1, who does Douglas think is a model profiler?
(a) Freud.
(b) Fletch.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

11. What does Douglas claim is a critical part of profiling?
(a) Going to college.
(b) Being prejudiced.
(c) Walking in the shoes of both the victim and offender.
(d) Thinking of everyone as a suspect.

12. What crime did Russell Odom and Clay Lawson commit?
(a) They murdered a bank teller.
(b) They stole from a grocery store.
(c) They shot a policeman.
(d) They raped and murdered a 7-11 clerk.

13. What crime did Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris commit?
(a) They robbed mini-malls.
(b) They murdered eldery men.
(c) They tortured and killed teenage girls in a van.
(d) They murdered a 7-11 clerk.

14. What was a common theme in the ATKID killer's victims?
(a) They were African-American.
(b) They were all women.
(c) They were all boys.
(d) They were all old.

15. When did Douglas propose to his wife?
(a) Thanksgiving, 1970.
(b) Halloween, 1965.
(c) Christmas, 1971.
(d) Easter, 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, the field office was responsible for __________.

2. In Chapter 6, to whom did Douglas compare Manson's upbringing?

3. At what time of day did the police interrogate the suspect that abducted and killed a girl in Chapter 10?

4. Why did the Son of Sam kill people?

5. What year did Douglas complete the prison interview study?

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