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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bodies did police end up finding in Gacy's home?
(a) 43.
(b) 23.
(c) 33.
(d) 13.

2. What did the police receive that turned out to be an elaborate way to stage the murderous acts?
(a) A letter.
(b) A confession.
(c) A piece of evidence.
(d) A tip.

3. Where was the policeman from that brought Glatman in after the confession?
(a) Eureka PD.
(b) SDPD.
(c) SFPD.
(d) LAPD.

4. What was the name of the black woman who was missing, though Ressler presumed that she was dead, too?
(a) Mary Willards.
(b) Gail Jackson.
(c) Tracy Bethards.
(d) Susie Jackson.

5. The women in Columbus were being strangled with their own ____________.
(a) Hair.
(b) Hands.
(c) Nylons.
(d) Telephone cords.

6. What did the police find when they finally caught up to Duane, which caused Ressler to be brought into the case?
(a) Alibi.
(b) Letter.
(c) A mental health note.
(d) Evidence.

7. Who had send the bad information to the police, which was later discovered by officials?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) The killer's mother.
(c) A citizen.
(d) Disgruntled policeman.

8. What did Ressler get to review, though he decided that it wasn't from the killer?
(a) Evidence.
(b) Letter.
(c) Tape.
(d) Weapon.

9. What did the killer in #177 claim to be the reason behind his actions?
(a) A small voice in his head.
(b) His raging headaches.
(c) PTSD.
(d) The victims asked him to kill them.

10. Years of experience and good __________ are needed in order to create a strong profile for a killer.
(a) Interviewing skills.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Artistic skills.
(d) Communication skills.

11. It was often difficult to catch killers who were operating in different _________, according to Ressler.
(a) Areas.
(b) Times of the day.
(c) Groups.
(d) Patterns.

12. Ressler thought Dahmer's sentence of __________ was not something that would teach anyone anything.
(a) 10 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) Life sentence.
(d) Death.

13. Where was the killer living at the time that the police caught up with him?
(a) Navy base.
(b) Air Force base.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) An old folk's home.

14. Why did John Gacy kill a homosexual man, according to his confession?
(a) No reason.
(b) Sexual pleasure.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Self defense.

15. Ressler learned later that the governor of ________ had commuted Samples' sentence, so he came in to help.
(a) Washington.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his later days at _______, Ressler tried to find a wide audience for teaching his profiling skills.

2. Ressler also spent a lot of time as an expert _______ during court cases.

3. Ressler argued that Dahmer's murders were a _________ case, with different features than Kemper or Bundy.

4. _________ was not considered to be reputable among crime fighting units as early as the 1960s.

5. Who asked Duane to leave when the women decided to go to bed after a long night of partying?

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