The Stranger Beside Me Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ann Rule
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Stranger Beside Me Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ann Rule
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What shift do Ann and Ted work together?

2. On August 10, 1974, a woman who is asked to help a man on crutches tells authorities she almost did until she noticed what on his face?

3. When Ted returns to study law in Salt Lake City, Utah, his grades are what?

4. Why can't John Henry Browne defend Ted?

5. Ted continues to defend himself in whose murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What items does Meg tell the police that she found in her and Ted's house?

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

5. Ted is given three months' worth of psychiatric tests. Why does he seem to be confident about the outcome of those tests?

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

7. How does Ted manage to escape from the Garfield County Jail?

8. Why does Ted's mother move with Ted across the country in 1950 to live in Seattle, Washington?

9. Why is Ted put into solitary confinement?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It can be difficult for most people to "get into the mind" of a serial killer like Ted Bundy. Talk about what makes it so difficult to understand Ted's actions from any of the following perspectives:

a) From a logical standpoint.

b) From an emotional standpoint.

c) From a societal/cultural standpoint.

d) From a romantic standpoint.

e) From an intellectual standpoint.

Essay Topic 2

Ted Bundy had no trouble getting women to admire him, including while he was in prison. What characteristics do you believe a woman would have to possess in order to find him attractive despite his being on Death Row as a convicted serial killer? Do you think that Ted was capable of having a romantic relationship in his life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ted's relationship between:

a) The women he assaults and Stephanie.

b) Meg and Stephanie.

c) Ann and Meg.

(see the answer keys)

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