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

2. Ted's Florida trials begin in the middle of what year?

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

4. The jury deliberates for less than seven hours and finds Ted what?

5. Why does the author believe Ted's murders in Florida are so vicious?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Ted confesses on tape to 36 murders, why isn't he sent back to the state of Washington to face trial?

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

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

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

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

6. Knowing that Ann has received notoriety for a book about his crimes, what does Ted demand of her?

7. When Ted is charged with the attacks and murders of the Tallahassee women as well as the death of Kimberly Leach, how does he react? What does this show?

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Ann believe that Ted could not possibly be involved in the Florida murders despite the fact that they are reminiscent of Ted's past murders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write a 1-2 page essay about one of these topics:

a) How Ann's relationship with Ted changes versus how it stays the same over the course of her getting to know him.

b) How Meg's relationship with Ted changes versus how it stays the same over the course of their time together.

c) How Ted's mother's relationship with her son changes versus how it stays the same over the course of his lifetime.

Essay Topic 3

Imagine if Ted Bundy had written his own book. What do you think it would have been titled? How would he choose to describe his killings and attacks? What types of storytelling techniques do you think he would employ?

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