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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was cut off from the newspaper boy's body when the police examined it?
(a) His eyebrows.
(b) A tattoo.
(c) His fingernails.
(d) Patches of skin.

4. What had the killer used during the murders that fascinated Ressler when he was growing up?
(a) Hammer.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) Ax.
(d) Anvil.

5. How old was the little girl that was abducted and killed during the time Ressler was a boy?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

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

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

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

9. The BSU studied people who killed for reasons other than __________.
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Trust.
(d) Revenge.

10. What do many organized killers plan for ahead of time so as not to be caught?
(a) Their family life.
(b) A way to escape.
(c) Their alibi.
(d) Everything.

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

12. What needs to happen for an organized killer in order for their actions to feel complete?
(a) They hide the body.
(b) They want to hear about it from the police.
(c) They need to hear they are a suspect.
(d) They need to see a report in the paper.

13. What was the piece of evidence that led police to find John?
(a) License plate number.
(b) Book sale receipt.
(c) Blood.
(d) Bite marks.

14. In what area were Ressler's graduate studies?
(a) Criminology.
(b) Profiling.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Behavioral mannerisms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What family members had Kemper already killed when he was sent to prison?

2. The _______ killer is one that kills on an impulse, without planning ahead as they don't know when it will happen.

3. At what time did Terry's husband get home from work to find his wife had been murdered?

4. _________ was a good looking and personable criminal who killed many women.

5. What kind of killers tend to bring a weapon with them when they go to commit a crime?

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