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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 was NOT one of the pieces of evidence that was found in the murderer's home?
(a) Pictures of the victims.
(b) Bloody rags.
(c) The murderer himself.
(d) A pistol.

2. Of what group is Richard Ressler the head when he is called in by Russ Vorpagel to help with a murder?
(a) CIA.
(b) SRS.
(c) FBI.
(d) BSU.

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

4. Whom did Ressler stop interviewing because he thought the killer was just trying to extend his sentence?
(a) Jeffrey Dahmer.
(b) Ted Bundy.
(c) Charles Manson.
(d) John Gacy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ressler struggled with the idea of whether serial killers are ________ or made.

2. According to Ressler's findings, most all serial killers are __________who are younger than 35 years of age.

3. Charles Manson got others to murder for him, plying them with ________ and with adoration.

4. How much did Edward Kemper weigh when he was about to hurt Ressler in the interview room?

5. What was the piece of evidence that led police to find John?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was found several blocks away after the murder of a family of three as well as their baby?

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

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

5. What was the educational and training background of Ressler, as described in the book?

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

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

8. What sort of data does Ressler collect in relationship to serial killers and their murderous actions?

9. What does Ressler decide to do when he learns about the new murder case and its possible connection to other unsolved cases?

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

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