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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 happens to Buzzy Ware, Ted's attorney?

2. All of Ted's early victims wear their hair how?

3. Who watches Ann's encounter with Ted after he is released on bail?

4. The more Ann learns about the abductions, the more she starts to think what?

5. Why does Ann keep writing about the crimes that happen in the Seattle area despite the guilt she feels at profiting from the crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the 1974 abductions in Washington and Oregon cease, where do more killings begin to occur? Why?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. Ted Bundy is convicted of aggravated kidnapping in early January 1976. He is sent to jail and writes many letters to Ann. What are the themes of most of those letters?

8. 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?

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

10. How do observers describe the man with whom the two young women (Janice Ott and Denise Naslund) who disappear from Lake Sammamish State Park are each last seen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When animals are caged for long periods of time, they can become angrier or more docile. Draw an analogy between Ted and an animal that has become trapped in a cage. When does Ted seem resigned? When does he seem frustrated or enraged?

Essay Topic 2

Ann makes excuses for Ted's sociopathic behavior throughout the book, most notably explaining her theory that he has three different personalities. From your perspective as someone who has read the book, how do you feel her theory might have colored the way she told Ted's story? Do you think it is possible for a person in Ann's position to provide readers with a truly objective look at someone like Ted Bundy?

Essay Topic 3

Ted's signature in his letters to Ann is always "ted". Analyze what this could be interpreted as meaning about his character, about his relationship with Ann and about his feelings.

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