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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of killers tend to bring a weapon with them when they go to commit a crime?
(a) Organized.
(b) Disorganized.
(c) Delusional.
(d) Methodical.

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

3. Most all serial killers have had __________ who have been abusive or who have been distant during the life of their child.
(a) Grandmothers.
(b) Fathers.
(c) Aunts.
(d) Mothers.

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

5. In what year did the newspaper body case in which Ressler got involved begin to emerge?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

6. What did the murderer want the police to do about his killing spree?
(a) Stop him.
(b) Help him kill more.
(c) Leave him alone.
(d) Help make it famous.

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

8. Ressler suggests that the murderer is a white male _________.
(a) Calm.
(b) Bored.
(c) High.
(d) Psychotic.

9. Who was the minor crisis with on the base that might have triggered the killings by Joubert?
(a) A cleaning person.
(b) His direct commander.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Friend.

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

11. Serial killers are often obsessed with their ________, thinking about them for days or weeks before they occur.
(a) Crimes.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Cars.
(d) Mothers.

12. After talking to ________, many FBI agents would develop physical symptoms that caused them even more pain and anxiety.
(a) Their families.
(b) Killers.
(c) Each other.
(d) Their bosses.

13. The fantasies of killing are nearly always _________ in nature, and they contain control and domination.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Quick.
(c) Slow.
(d) Sexual.

14. What is one of the things that detectives found in John's room when they went to search it?
(a) Compact discs..
(b) Tape.
(c) Rope.
(d) Torture devices.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kemper told Ressler that he could easily kill and ___________ Ressler before the guards could come in and save him.

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

4. What did Ressler have trouble communicating to other agents in the field because of his background?

5. What did the FBI shut down once they realized Ressler was performing these, although he was later given permission again?

(see the answer keys)

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