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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Ted's Florida murder trials, he and his defense team perform how?
(a) They stumble due to lack of experience.
(b) They demolish the prosecution.
(c) They admit to Ted's guilt.
(d) They win over the judge almost immediately.

2. What is Sherrod's?
(a) A laundromat.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A dance club.
(d) A restaurant.

3. On the night of February 11, 1978, a policeman catches Ted doing what?
(a) Attempting to kidnap someone.
(b) Attempting to unlock a car.
(c) Attempting to break into an apartment.
(d) Attempting to steal some clothes.

4. After writing "The Stranger Beside Me", the author has become a what?
(a) Talk radio show host.
(b) Celebrity.
(c) Entrepreneur.
(d) Police detective.

5. Ted approaches Leslie Ann Parmenter in Jacksonville, Florida, but she gets away because who intervenes in Ted's plan to kidnap her?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

6. The author suggests that Ted does not live in what mental state?
(a) Reality.
(b) Wedded bliss.
(c) Surreality.
(d) Fantasy.

7. The jury deliberates for less than seven hours and finds Ted what?
(a) Guilty on one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder.
(b) Guilty on some counts of murder and attempted murder.
(c) Guilty on all counts of murder and attempted murder.
(d) Not guilty by reason of insanity.

8. Who applies for a license to marry Ted in 1980?
(a) Ann.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Carol.
(d) Meg.

9. Ted gets what sentence for Kimberly Leach's murder?
(a) Time off for good behavior.
(b) Death.
(c) Life imprisonment.
(d) He is never sentenced.

10. Police find what in the stolen white van that Ted leaves in Tallahassee?
(a) Blood stains.
(b) A body.
(c) Tools.
(d) Papers.

11. After hearing of Ted's arrest, Ann wants to fly to Florida but doesn't. Why not?
(a) Authorities want her to wait three days so they can get a confession.
(b) Ted doesn't want to see Ann.
(c) Ann doesn't have the money to fly to Florida.
(d) Authorities aren't allowing Ted to ever have visitors.

12. The state of Florida pushes for Ted to be tried for whose murder, despite his sentence?
(a) Carol Ann Boone.
(b) Ann Rule.
(c) Kimberly Leach.
(d) Wallace Jopling.

13. When does the jury hear of Ted's crimes in Washington, Utah and Colorado?
(a) They hear about them in the middle of the sentencing.
(b) They never hear about them.
(c) They hear about them in the beginning of the sentencing.
(d) They hear about them at the end of the sentencing.

14. Since they do not have enough evidence to initially charge Ted with murder, on what charge are officials holding Ted?
(a) Forgery and robbery.
(b) Loitering and burglary.
(c) Theft and fraud.
(d) Kidnapping and stealing.

15. Ann hears about the Florida murders but doesn't think it's Ted. Why not?
(a) She thinks he must be dead.
(b) She thinks he couldn't be in Florida.
(c) She thinks he could never have killed anyone to begin with.
(d) She thinks he wouldn't jeopardize his freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the authorities find on Lisa Levy's left buttock?

2. In Florida, Ted's new housing is very close to what building?

3. Nita Neary arrives home and sees who running out of the house?

4. After Ted's next murder conviction in early 1980, who pleads with the judge to spare Ted's life?

5. Ted's Florida trials begin in the middle of what year?

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