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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, in what area did Douglas work towards a masters degree?
(a) Business management.
(b) Abnormal psychology.
(c) Industrial psychology.
(d) Law and society.

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

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

4. What did Douglas think of Kemper?
(a) He was remorseful.
(b) He was kind and funny.
(c) He was scary.
(d) He was a cold blooded killer.

5. 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.

6. Why did the Son of Sam kill people?
(a) His girlfriend broke up with him.
(b) His mother and sister made him feel inadequate.
(c) He had been fired from his job.
(d) His father hit him.

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

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

9. What was the significance of Niskey Lake Road in Chapter 11?
(a) It was where ATKID killer surrendered.
(b) It was where Douglas met his wife.
(c) It was the location of two of the ATKID killer's victims.
(d) It was where the ATKID killer was arrested.

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

11. During what time period did the Son of Sam strike New York?
(a) Between February, 1980 and March, 1990.
(b) Between June, 1962 and December, 1968.
(c) Between July, 1976 and July, 1977.
(d) Between May, 1970 and July, 1971.

12. What was published in the book "Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives"?
(a) The results of the prison interview study.
(b) The secret identity of Charles Manson.
(c) Patterns and motives.
(d) A history of the FBI.

13. In what order does Douglas prepare his criminal profile?
(a) Crime scene photos,medical examiner's report, preliminary police report, schematic drawing.
(b) Preliminary police report, crime-scene photos,medical examiner's report, schematic drawing.
(c) Medical examiner's report, preliminary police report, crime scene photos, schematic drawing.
(d) Schematic drawing, medical examiner's report, preliminary police report, crime-scene photos.

14. Douglas and Hazelwood believed that the ATKID killer murders were NOT affiliated with which group?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) Al Qaeda
(d) The Klan.

15. What was the trigger that set off Monte Ralph Rissell's serial raping?
(a) His mother died.
(b) His girlfriend broke up with him.
(c) There was no trigger.
(d) He lost his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were there no signs of in the ATKID killings?

2. Where did Douglas and Hazlewood go to hunt the ATKID killer?

3. What did Jerry Brudos keep in his freezer as a souvenir of his crimes?

4. What object allowed Douglas to enter prisons with ease in Chapter 6?

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

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