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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. Ted is sent for three months of psychiatric testing at what facility?

2. After visiting Ted, Ann meets with whom for dinner, hoping to learn more about Ted?

3. In 1974, which college student is found brutally attacked in her University of Washington dorm room?

4. When Ann finds out that Ted is the person who called her while she was in the hospital, she realizes what?

5. When Ted is working at the City of Seattle's Crime Prevention Advisory Commission, what is the Commission studying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ted Bundy change his name upon arriving in Tallahassee, Florida?

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

3. 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?

4. Ted calls Ann after he moves to Seattle and asks her to go to lunch twice. What happens during that lunch?

5. After the murders stop in Utah, how and where do they restart?

6. Why is Ted put into solitary confinement?

7. At what point in Ted's life do the chapters about Ted escaping from Garfield County Jail and running away from the law begin?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many ironic aspects of Ted's life story. Write about three ironies of Ted's life, going into detail as to why you find a particular item ironic.

Essay Topic 2

Rule suggests in her book that despite his infamy for heinous acts, Bundy actually performed some heroic acts in his life. What examples of heroic acts were given in the book, and do you agree that they were heroic? How does this affect your opinion of Bundy?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses a number of writing techniques in the book. Name three of them and how they help her move the story forward. Were there any places that you believe she could have used a different writing technique to say the same thing?

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