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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. Why doesn't Joni Lenz recognize anyone in the pictures Ann shows her?
(a) Her memory has disappeared as a result of her attack.
(b) The pictures are the wrong photographs and Ann made a mistake.
(c) The pictures are very fuzzy and out-of-focus.
(d) The pictures are too dark.

2. At what local bar is college-student Brenda Carol Ball last seen talking with a handsome man?
(a) The Fire.
(b) The Lighthouse.
(c) The Flame.
(d) The Torch.

3. After he is released on bail, Ted tells Ann that he is what?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Hurt.

4. For the most part, what narrative perspective is this book written in?
(a) Multiple person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Character voice.

5. What do the authorities do when they hear that Ted could be the perpetrator of the Utah crimes?
(a) They ignore the lead.
(b) They follow up on the lead immediately.
(c) They contact Ted and bring him to the police station for questioning.
(d) They start shadowing Ted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kenneth Misner and Chris Hagen are who?

2. Ann thinks about her dream and what it means. What process does she use to deconstruct it?

3. Ted finds out the woman he thought was his sister is really his...

4. Ted and Stephanie meet at what institute of higher education?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ted is placed in Pitikin County Jail, he refers to it as a "Mickey Mouse operation". Why does he use this term?

2. Why don't the authorities immediately arrest Ted when Meg reveals her suspicions?

3. Why does Ted contact Ann after he is released in Salt Lake City?

4. Meg Anders starts to suspect that her boyfriend, Ted Bundy, could be the serial killer who is on the loose. What does she do?

5. Linda Ann Healy is a part-time weather forecaster. When she doesn't show up for work and there is no evidence she returned home the previous night, detectives are called into the case. What do they discover?

6. Although detectives establish a pattern among the murders and murder/assault victims (e.g., Katherine Merry Devine, Joni Lenz, Linda Ann Healy), they entertain many different theories as to who the killer(s) could be. What are three of their thoughts?

7. How does the author describe Ted's persona during high school and into his early college years?

8. During the 1974 crime wave described by the author, all the girls that have gone missing, been attacked, or been found dead have what similar characteristics?

9. The second case Ann is called upon to help investigate is that of Joni Lenz. What happened to Joni?

10. How does Ted manage to escape from the law library in Aspen?

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