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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. In Chapter 10, Douglas cited a murder case from Rome, Georgia, where a 12 year old was murdered. How was she killed?
(a) Gun shot.
(b) Blunt force trauma.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Drowning.

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

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

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

5. What was Monte Ralph Rissell's first crime after the trigger that set him off?
(a) He stole from a department store.
(b) He stole a car.
(c) He abducted a prostitute with a gun.
(d) He killed a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Douglas' position in Detroit's Reactive Crimes Unit?

3. What crime did Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris commit?

4. Who was the first inmate Douglas interviewed for the Criminal Personality Research Project?

5. What did the prosecutor ask Douglas' opinion about during Wayne Williams' trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the road schools where Douglas taught.

2. Describe Hoover's opinion on profiling.

3. What was the first crime Kemper committed, and where was he sent as punishment?

4. Describe the crimes of Richard Speck. Include his choice of victims, his nickname (if he had one), and his prison sentence.

5. What led to the FBI's new appreciation of profiling?

6. Define Douglas' process in creating a profile.

7. Why does Douglas compare a criminal to a lion?

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

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

10. What was the link between all the murders Wayne Williams committed?

(see the answer keys)

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