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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author break from her main narrative perspective at times?
(a) She includes poetry written by the victims' families.
(b) She includes information from Ted's mother.
(c) She includes conversations to which she could not have been privy.
(d) She includes fictional short stories to illustrate her theories.

2. When Ann finds out that Ted is the person who called her while she was in the hospital, she realizes what?
(a) That she is always on Ted's mind.
(b) That Ted wanted to find out what he should do.
(c) That Ted wanted to confess to her.
(d) That Ted loves her.

3. How does the author describe her first impressions of Ted?
(a) Shy, soft-spoken and funny.
(b) Intelligent, polite and sensitive.
(c) Wise, calm and thoughtful.
(d) Rude, controlling and uncaring.

4. Ted writes to Ann in September and talks about doing what?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Shaving his hair off.
(c) Tattooing himself.
(d) Killing himself.

5. After Ted is released on bail, he asks Ann to do what?
(a) Get him a job.
(b) Write his biography.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Have lunch with him.

6. How do Ted's relatives feel about his arrest?
(a) They support him and cannot believe he would be placed in jail.
(b) They are relieved that he has been discovered.
(c) They do not find out about it because he keeps it from them.
(d) They refuse to say anything to anyone, so no one can be sure.

7. While he is in prison, Ted is ordered to see a doctor because of what?
(a) His weight loss.
(b) His weight gain.
(c) His constant cough.
(d) His bad back.

8. What shift do Ann and Ted work together?
(a) The book doesn't say.
(b) The night shift.
(c) The day shift.
(d) The morning shift.

9. When Ted returns to study law in Salt Lake City, Utah, his grades are what?
(a) The same as they were before.
(b) The author doesn't say.
(c) The best the school has seen.
(d) Worse than ever.

10. How many siblings does Ted have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

11. Ted has an interest in politics. Which party does he join?
(a) Republican.
(b) He doesn't formally join a party.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Communist.

12. Why does Ann think that Ted could have manipulated the results of his psychiatric tests?
(a) He had been tested repeatedly in the past from the time he was little.
(b) He was trying to start a relationship with one of his psychologists.
(c) He has administered the psychological tests himself while in college.
(d) He was smart enough not to say anything incriminating.

13. After escaping from jail, Ted hides in which state?
(a) Florida.
(b) Washington.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Colorado.

14. After he is "on the run", Ted eventually winds up where?
(a) Orlando, Florida.
(b) Dade County, Florida.
(c) Miami, Florida.
(d) Tallahassee, Florida.

15. The author of the book suggests that Ted has how many personalities?
(a) Two.
(b) At least seven.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part-time job does Linda Ann Healy have?

2. Students on the same campus as missing student Susan Elaine Rancourt report being approached by a man with what particular attribute?

3. The abduction and murder of Caryn Campbell in January, 1975, takes place at what Colorado establishment?

4. What literary technique does the author use when telling about Ted's life in prison?

5. Whom does the author meet at a Crisis Clinic in 1971?

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