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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the man who was killing women in England? The Yorkshire _________.
(a) Ghost.
(b) Agent.
(c) Strangler.
(d) Ripper.

2. Who was the woman with a daughter that lived at the house Duane visited?
(a) Diane.
(b) Judy.
(c) Fran.
(d) Anne.

3. The National Center for the Analysis of _________ was put together by Ressler.
(a) Rapes.
(b) Criminal Minds.
(c) Violent Crimes.
(d) Murders.

4. After 1980, it appeared that many more _______ crimes were taking place, which was unlike the earlier trend.
(a) Brutal.
(b) Soft.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Unsolved.

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

6. Monte Rissell was a serial _________ who was put into a mental hospital after committing his crimes.
(a) Killer.
(b) Rapist.
(c) Thief.
(d) Stalker.

7. Whom did Kemper call after he killed his grandparents during one of his serial killings?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) The police.

8. Who miraculously survived the attack by Duane and ran to the neighbors for help?
(a) Judy.
(b) Fran.
(c) Diane.
(d) Anne.

9. What did Diane wake up to discover had happened to her?
(a) She was tied up.
(b) Her throat was slit.
(c) She was in another house.
(d) Her toes were cut.

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

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

12. The killer, in his staging, said that he would kill a ___________ until the police were able to solve the murder.
(a) White man.
(b) White woman.
(c) Black woman.
(d) Black man.

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

14. Ressler suspected that the killer was a ___________, even though the staging tried to make this seem unlikely.
(a) Black woman.
(b) White man.
(c) Black man.
(d) White woman.

15. Who was not suspicious about Gacy's activities, according to their story?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother.
(d) His friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supposedly was the source of the staged information that the police received?

2. How were John Gacy and Edmund Kemper allowed to be at a seminar that Ressler was teaching?

3. Edmund Kemper, known as the __________ killer, was also interviewed by Ressler during the seminar.

4. Most crimes, after changes were made, were often solved within a __________.

5. How many bodies did police end up finding in Gacy's home?

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