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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the FBI shut down once they realized Ressler was performing these, although he was later given permission again?
(a) Group therapy sessions.
(b) Letter writing campaigns.
(c) Interviews.
(d) Autopsies.

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

3. Who failed to arrive at the end of the interview, which is why Ressler might have been in serious trouble with Kemper?
(a) The warning bell.
(b) Ressler's bodyguard.
(c) Guards.
(d) The district attorney.

4. On what sort of military base did Ressler believe the killer was living?
(a) Navy.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

5. Ressler struggled with the idea of whether serial killers are ________ or made.
(a) Good.
(b) Deranged.
(c) Born.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ressler when he first created his own detective agency in order to catch a killer?

2. Almost all serial killers come from ____________ families, though they might not have a poor background.

3. What was cut off from the newspaper boy's body when the police examined it?

4. The early days of a serial killer seem to be filled with a general lack of respect for ___________.

5. The disorganized killer is often acting on the orders of ________ who tell them to commit the crime.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to many serial killers as they grow up in an isolated world?

2. What did the killer try to convey in the messages that he left after the killings?

3. How did Charles Manson coerce others into killing for him?

4. Why did Ressler see the first murder in this section as not being an ordinary murder?

5. What was the difference that Ressler noticed in the murderer Richard Speck?

6. What is the profile that Ressler creates for the killer, when called into Vorpagel's case?

7. What did the murderer do with the blood of the victim, according to the findings of officials?

8. What did the young Ressler do in response to the murder cases he learned about as a child?

9. What are some of the consistent similarities that Ressler finds among serial killers?

10. What does Ressler find out about the way that serial killers seem to view life as they grow up?

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