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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job was Douglas assigned while working for the Air Force in New Mexico?
(a) Therapist.
(b) Pilot.
(c) Office manager.
(d) Clerk typist.

2. What did Douglas determine the ATKID killer was doing based on the location of a body after a false lead claimed the FBI would find a body there?
(a) The ATKID killer read press releases.
(b) The imposter was the ATKID killer.
(c) The ATKID killer was a member of the FBI.
(d) The ATKID killer was psychic.

3. At the end of the prison interview study, what did Douglas decide the study had accomplished?
(a) The study led to the arrest of twenty serial killers.
(b) It proved that criminals are bad people.
(c) The study raised more questions then answers.
(d) Nothing.

4. What did Douglas compare analyzing a serial killer to in Chapter 6?
(a) Studying a Picasso.
(b) A living nightmare.
(c) Putting together a puzzle.
(d) Watching an art house film.

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

6. What did Jerry Brudos keep in his freezer as a souvenir of his crimes?
(a) A cut off foot.
(b) A pint of ice cream.
(c) A severed ear.
(d) An arm.

7. Who did Manson murder?
(a) Ten people.
(b) Sharon Tate.
(c) No one.
(d) Three children.

8. How many victims were interviewed for the prison interview study?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 50.
(d) 118.

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

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

11. What did Jerry Brudos steal at age sixteen?
(a) Money.
(b) A candy bar.
(c) Women's underwear.
(d) Drugs.

12. How many cases did Douglas take in 1980?
(a) Over five hundred.
(b) Over one hundred-fifty.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Twenty-five.

13. Who censured Douglas at the start of Wayne Williams' trial?
(a) The Judge.
(b) The Office of Professional Conduct.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The Office of Professional Responsibility.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Douglas when he taught road school?

2. When he taught road school, what did Douglas suggest was the best way to gain insight on criminals?

3. What did the FBI consider profiling to be prior to 1980?

4. When was the FBI authorized to become involved with the murders that took place in Atlanta in Chapter 11?

5. In what year was Wayne Williams found guilty by a jury?

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