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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ was a good looking and personable criminal who killed many women.
(a) Truman Farmer.
(b) Ted Bundy.
(c) Thomas Snyder.
(d) Gerald Gacy.

2. The ________ killer is one who prepares for their killings ahead of time, strategically planning for each event.
(a) Strategic.
(b) Organized.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Moveable.

3. Who was the master manipulator that did not tell Ressler anything new when they sat down to speak with each other?
(a) Gacy.
(b) Kemper.
(c) Bundy.
(d) Manson.

4. What does a disorganized killer rarely do because of their mental health issues?
(a) Walk.
(b) Drive.
(c) Be helpful.
(d) Talk to people.

5. In what city area did Ressler grow up, according to the details in the book?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

6. Ressler struggled with the idea of whether serial killers are ________ or made.
(a) Deranged.
(b) Born.
(c) Good.
(d) Evil.

7. 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.
(a) Childhood.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Home life.
(d) Financial status.

8. What was the psychological diagnosis of William Heirens?
(a) Depression.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Multiple personality.
(d) Paranoid delusions.

9. Almost all of the murders will begin as __________ for the serial killers.
(a) Stories.
(b) Fantasies.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Conversations.

10. What did Ressler have trouble communicating to other agents in the field because of his background?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Information.
(c) Colors.
(d) Strategies.

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

12. What does Ressler also find that the murderer might have done with the victim's blood?
(a) Bottled it.
(b) Boiled it.
(c) Drank it.
(d) Drained it all.

13. What is NOT one of the states in which newspaper boys have gone missing?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Florida.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Nebraska.

14. What kind of truck did Terry Wallin's husband drive?
(a) Gas.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Oil.
(d) Factory.

15. How long had William Heirens been in prison for when Ressler had a chance to interview him?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was cut open on Terry's body when her husband found her dead after his work shift?

2. Where did Ressler meet with his friend in order to discuss the case of Terry's murder?

3. What did the murderer want the police to do about his killing spree?

4. Since serial killers experience abuse as children, it is difficult for them to sustain meaningful and consensual ____________ in life.

5. John took a great deal of _________ in thinking about his crimes before and after they were committed.

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