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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. When Ted is working at the City of Seattle's Crime Prevention Advisory Commission, what is the Commission studying?
2. The day after Ted's call to Ann in 1977, he does what?
3. Whom do the police unceasingly question after Ted's arrest?
4. Ted has an interest in politics. Which party does he join?
5. Ted complains about what item in his new prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three distinct personalities Ann believes Ted possesses?
2. Why does the author believe that Ted breaks off his engagement with Stephanie?
3. How does Ted manage to escape from the Garfield County Jail?
4. After talking with Ted, Ann begins to think that perhaps the authorities do have the wrong man. What dream makes her wonder about her convictions?
5. After Ted is arrested for having what appear to be "burglary tools" in his car, he is let go. However, what do the authorities do during this period?
6. Why does Ted Bundy change his name upon arriving in Tallahassee, Florida?
7. Meg Anders starts to suspect that her boyfriend, Ted Bundy, could be the serial killer who is on the loose. What does she do?
8. 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?
9. How does the author describe Ted's persona during high school and into his early college years?
10. When Ted is placed in Pitikin County Jail, he refers to it as a "Mickey Mouse operation". Why does he use this term?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Make a detailed timeline of all the murders, abductions and attempted abductions attributed to Ted Bundy starting with Caryn Campbell. For each individual entry, add as many details about the case as possible. What do they seem to have in common aside from the fact that most of the women looked like Stephanie and were about the same age? Can you find any other commonalities?
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 theme of manipulation repeats itself again and again through "The Stranger Beside Me". Discuss ways that people and events are manipulated during the following scenes/occurrences:
a) When Ted proposes to Carol Ann Boone in court.
b) When Ted continually asks for better food and law library access while imprisoned.
c) Ted's correspondence with Ann over the years.
d) The author and the reader.
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