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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are Ann and Ted in a romantic relationship?

2. What type of items do the police believe they have found in Ted's car?

3. Why does Ann think that Ted could have manipulated the results of his psychiatric tests?

4. The same afternoon that Janice Ott disappears, Denise Naslund is last seen for the last time, too. What is the only possession Denise leaves behind in the parking lot?

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

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. After being transferred to the Garfield County Jail, Ted makes a few requests to the judge and receives what items and privileges?

3. After Ted is caught by officials following his escape from the law library in Aspen, what are three things that happen that throw him into a tailspin of depression and anxiety?

4. When Ann runs into Ted during a Christmas party in 1973, whom does he introduce as his girlfriend? Why is this an interesting fact in terms of the story?

5. After the disappearances of Janice Ott and Denise Naslund, why does Ann begin to suspect that her friend, Ted Bundy, could be the man who has been abducting and murdering young women?

6. Ann knows that Meg is frightened without Ted. What does Ann do with this knowledge?

7. What do Stephanie and Meg have in common?

8. What are the three distinct personalities Ann believes Ted possesses?

9. 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?

10. The last time 15-year-old Katherine Merry Devine was seen alive, she was doing what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 1-2 page essay about one of these topics:

a) How Ann's relationship with Ted changes versus how it stays the same over the course of her getting to know him.

b) How Meg's relationship with Ted changes versus how it stays the same over the course of their time together.

c) How Ted's mother's relationship with her son changes versus how it stays the same over the course of his lifetime.

Essay Topic 2

What lessons have you learned from reading "The Stranger Beside Me" in terms of your own personal safety? Write down at least five and discuss how you will use those lessons to keep yourself as safe as possible.

Essay Topic 3

Ann Rule is in a difficult position as both the author of this book (an objective point of view) and the friend of the main character (a subjective point of view). How effective do you feel that she is in being a strong storyteller? What would you have liked to see more or less of in the book?

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