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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. Twelve-year-old Kimberly Diane Leach is last seen with an angry man in what kind of vehicle?

2. After the vicious murders, Ted chats with his neighbors and assures them that what?

3. After he flees Tallahassee and is apprehended, whom does Ted call at 3:00 a.m.?

4. By the end of the story, Ann feels that Ted has done what to her?

5. Who applies for a license to marry Ted in 1980?

Short Essay Questions

1. After telling the reader about Ted's sentence -- death by electric chair -- what does Ann admit about herself?

2. Describe five aspects of Ted's personality during his trials (as indicated by the author.)

3. When Ann learns of Ted's arrest in Florida, what does she think?

4. What recreational activities does Ted enjoy after he escapes to Tallahassee? Why are these significant?

5. Ted Bundy goes on an assaulting and killing spree the night of January 14, 1978. What evidence does he leave behind during his rampage?

6. Why aren't Ted's crimes in Washington, Utah and Colorado brought up during the sentencing phase of Ted's trial?

7. Ted steals a license plate and a white Dodge van. What number on the license plate turns out to be significant and why?

8. Why is this part of the book that describes what happens in the year 1989 called "The Last Chapter"?

9. What does Ted do during his sentencing phase after he is convicted of Kimberly Leach's murder?

10. Why does the state of Florida push for Ted to be tried for the murder of Kimberly Leach even though he has already received the death penalty for the other crimes committed in Tallahassee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ted Bundy lived and died in the last century. How might his story have been viewed by people today if he had lived a long time ago, such as during the Middle Ages? Do you believe that he would receive more, less, or the same amount of sympathy? Do you think he would have been revered? Do you think his story would have been amplified or changed?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ted's relationship between:

a) The women he assaults and Stephanie.

b) Meg and Stephanie.

c) Ann and Meg.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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