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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All of Ted's early victims wear their hair how?
(a) Long and parted in the middle.
(b) Long and parted on the left side.
(c) Short and curly.
(d) Short and spiked.

2. The day after Ted's call to Ann in 1977, he does what?
(a) Sets out to become the Garfield County Jail's best prisoner.
(b) Gets released on good behavior from the Garfield County Jail.
(c) Escapes from the Garfield County Jail.
(d) Tries to hang himself in the Garfield County Jail.

3. What first name does Ted use to rent an apartment after he escapes from prison?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) Robert.
(c) Todd.
(d) Chris.

4. Who watches Ann's encounter with Ted after he is released on bail?
(a) Seattle detectives.
(b) Ted's mother.
(c) Ann's mother.
(d) Meg.

5. Ted continues to defend himself in whose murder?
(a) Carol DaRonch.
(b) Caryn Campbell.
(c) Julie Cunningham.
(d) Jolie Aime.

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

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

8. In what three states do Ted's crimes take place?
(a) Washington, Utah and California.
(b) Washington, Oregon and Colorado.
(c) Washington, Utah and Colorado.
(d) Washington, Nevada and Colorado.

9. After University of Washington student Georgann Hawkins disappears, two campus coeds recall seeing a man with what characteristic?
(a) His arm in a sling.
(b) A cast on his leg.
(c) Wearing a trenchcoat.
(d) Walking a dog.

10. What type of school does Ted attend?
(a) Law school.
(b) Detective school.
(c) Management school.
(d) Medical school.

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

12. What does the author do today?
(a) Working as a policewoman.
(b) Running a crisis center.
(c) Recording and writing crime stories.
(d) Operating as a psychic detective.

13. Who is Ted dating while he is secretly engaged to another girl?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Meg.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Ann.

14. Why does Ted's mother move across the country with him when he is a child?
(a) She wants to spare Ted the humiliation of being a child born out of wedlock.
(b) She gets a job in another state and brings him along.
(c) She doesn't get along with Ted's father.
(d) She doesn't get along with Ted's grandparents.

15. Colorado police determine that they may have enough physical evidence from Ted's Volkswagon to charge Ted with what crime?
(a) Burglary.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Murder.
(d) Kidnapping.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Carol DaRonch case, Ted is tried on what charge?

2. Why is the new law that Ted worked on and championed ironic?

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

4. When Ted is released on bail in November, 1975, he moves into whose house?

5. By the autumn of 1974, the murders in Seattle have stopped. Why do the police think this has happened?

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