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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. The _______ killer is one that kills on an impulse, without planning ahead as they don't know when it will happen.
(a) Psychotic.
(b) Moveable.
(c) Organized.
(d) Disorganized.

2. What did one women report to police after the abduction of another newspaper boy?
(a) The man's name.
(b) A strange message.
(c) A red hat.
(d) Digits from a license plate.

3. The fantasies that serial killers have begin to turn people into ________, using them to achieve personal ends.
(a) Toys.
(b) Loved ones.
(c) Animals.
(d) Objects.

4. Ressler was traveling to a __________ at Michigan State University when he heard about another case.
(a) Seminar.
(b) Graduation.
(c) Tour.
(d) Ops training.

5. Kemper told Ressler that he could easily kill and ___________ Ressler before the guards could come in and save him.
(a) Behead.
(b) Burn.
(c) Hide.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The murderer kept killing because he thought __________were trying to poison him.

2. After talking to ________, many FBI agents would develop physical symptoms that caused them even more pain and anxiety.

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

4. Since serial killers experience abuse as children, it is difficult for them to sustain meaningful and consensual ____________ in life.

5. What was the experience Ressler had that allowed him to get out of the Kemper interview without being hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the physical symptoms that agents involved in the interview experienced?

2. What is the question that Ressler wrestled with when talking to murderers?

3. What is strange about the murder of the newspaper boy?

4. What are some of the characteristics of an organized killer, according to Ressler?

5. Of what murder is Ressler notified when he is leading a seminar at Michigan State University?

6. Why did Ressler come up with the terms 'organized' and 'disorganized' when it came to describing killers?

7. What did Gerard Schaefer do as an organized killer in order to perpetuate his crimes?

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

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

10. Why did Vorpagel react quickly to the crime that was presented to him in this first case?

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