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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard Speck claimed he was not __________.
(a) A man.
(b) A serial killer.
(c) A murderer.
(d) A human.

2. What did Douglas wonder about the prison inmates who participated in the interview study at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Why they showed no remorse.
(b) Why they would speak to FBI agents openly.
(c) Why they were in prison.
(d) How they could be so cruel.

3. In Chapter 6, why did agents not write personality profiles?
(a) To avoid embarrasment to the FBI should the profiles be incorrect.
(b) FBI agents have extra special memory.
(c) The FBI storage facilities were filled.
(d) The FBI did not have computers to write profiles.

4. How many cases were in the ATKID killer file?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Sixty-seven.
(d) One.

5. What age did Douglas and Hazelwood believe the ATKID killer was?
(a) 25-29.
(b) 13-18.
(c) 35-46.
(d) 45-52.

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

7. In what year did the ATKID killer attack?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1982.

8. What was Wayne Williams sentence?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Probation.
(c) Two consecutive life terms.
(d) Twenty -five years.

9. In what year was Wayne Williams found guilty by a jury?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1965.

10. 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.

11. What did Douglas' wife do for a job while living in Milwaukee?
(a) A therapist.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A hair stylist.

12. What letter did Douglas receive at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) A letter from his mother.
(b) A commendation letter.
(c) A letter from his son.
(d) A Dear John letter.

13. How many teachers worked with the BSU in 1977?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) None.
(d) One.

14. At the end of Chapter 7, what did the task force stay behind to learn?
(a) How to analyze crime scenes.
(b) To study faster than the killers who learned more by killing.
(c) How to set up surveillance cameras.
(d) How to arrest a murderer.

15. Where did Kemper live when he was interviewed in Chapter 6?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Alcatraz.
(c) California State Medical Facility.
(d) A prison in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what cases were the least important to Douglas?

2. In Chapter 9, what cases were high priority to Douglas?

3. What did Douglas compare analyzing a serial killer to in Chapter 6?

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

5. Where did the police place the bloody rock in the interrogation room at the end of Chapter 10?

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