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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Childhoods of Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the course of his investigations, Ressler began to see that serial killers may have a _________ disposition to killing.
(a) Family.
(b) Common.
(c) Personality.
(d) Genetic.

2. What was the experience Ressler had that allowed him to get out of the Kemper interview without being hurt?
(a) Comedy background.
(b) Karate.
(c) CIA training.
(d) Hostage negotiator.

3. What is the term that Ressler later coined in order to describe the people who sought out satisfaction from killing?
(a) Scary killer.
(b) Serial killer.
(c) Mental killer.
(d) Big killer.

4. As children, many serial killers grow up __________, so they tend to create their own personal fantasy world.
(a) Immersed in books.
(b) Isolated.
(c) On their own.
(d) With families.

5. Who was famous because of his odd behavior in public and the extreme nature of his crimes?
(a) Charles Manson.
(b) David Berkowitz.
(c) Tim Gacy.
(d) Ted Bundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the murderer think his blood might be turned into if he did not continue with the killings?

2. What does Ressler find to have been forced into some of the wounds on Terry's body?

3. Ressler began to teach others in the department about the ___________ of serial killers, hoping that the more they understood them, the easier it would be to catch them.

4. Who was the master manipulator that did not tell Ressler anything new when they sat down to speak with each other?

5. There is only one suspected ________ serial killer, and Ressler isn't sure that this is actually the right definition.

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