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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Son of Sam stalk his victims?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) The post office.
(c) The local bar.
(d) Lover's Lane.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 4, what terrifying experience happened to Douglas?
(a) He met the Unibomber.
(b) He was almost shot to death.
(c) His child drowned.
(d) His wife was held hostage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglas look for in order to establish criminals from other people?

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

3. What changed the FBI's opinion of profiling in 1981?

4. In Chapter 6, who at the FBI disliked profiling?

5. What did Douglas think were the most important pieces of information in constructing a criminal profile?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was BSU under Hoover considered an unimportant unit?

2. What crime did Russell Odom and Clay Lawson commit, and why did Douglas claim they were not criminally insane?

3. Why did Douglas determine inmates wanted to be a part of his interview study?

4. Describe Hoover's opinion on profiling.

5. What childhood story of Douglas' led to the term "everybody has a rock?" When did Douglas use the term again in Chapter 10?

6. What crime was Kemper in prison for when Douglas interviewed him, and what was Douglas' opinion about Kemper?

7. Why did the Office of Professional Responsibility censure Douglas?

8. What technique did Douglas suggest the prosecutor should use when cross-examining?

9. Describe Douglas' childhood.

10. What was published in the book "Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives"?

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