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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ressler suspected that the killer was someone who was local and liked to read ________________.
(a) Dirty books.
(b) Detective stories.
(c) Celebrity magazines.
(d) Children's stories.

3. How did the murderer decide whom to kill?
(a) A voice gave him a list.
(b) They had ridiculed him.
(c) They were random killings.
(d) Their doors were unlocked.

4. What is the distinction that Ressler makes for this murderer, according to his own description?
(a) Organized.
(b) Erratic.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Stupid.

5. Since serial killers experience abuse as children, it is difficult for them to sustain meaningful and consensual ____________ in life.
(a) Relationships.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Commitments.
(d) Conversations.

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

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

8. What does Ressler find to have been forced into some of the wounds on Terry's body?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Oil.
(c) Feces.
(d) Diamonds.

9. Richard Speck was a _________ murderer, according to Ressler, instead of a serial killer.
(a) Mass.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Singular.
(d) Large.

10. 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.

11. What did the murderer think his blood might be turned into if he did not continue with the killings?
(a) Oil.
(b) Powder.
(c) Gold.
(d) Acid.

12. How old was Ressler when he first created his own detective agency in order to catch a killer?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

13. What is the name of the person whom Ressler interviewed that was guilty for the murder of Robert Kennedy?
(a) Charles Manson.
(b) Sirhan Sirhan.
(c) Jeffrey Dahmer.
(d) Ted Bundy.

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

15. The disorganized killer is often acting on the orders of ________ who tell them to commit the crime.
(a) Another killer.
(b) An animal.
(c) Hallucinated voices.
(d) Their friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the serial killers had killed or tortured __________ when they were younger.

2. What had the killer used during the murders that fascinated Ressler when he was growing up?

3. What was the experience Ressler had that allowed him to get out of the Kemper interview without being hurt?

4. The lack of __________ from others in the family might lead the child to have serious mental defects.

5. What was the real reason that David Berkowitz continued to go out and kill people?

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