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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. _________ was not considered to be reputable among crime fighting units as early as the 1960s.
(a) Profiling.
(b) DNA evidence.
(c) Detective work.
(d) Therapy.

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

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

4. What happened to cause the police to let go of a suspect that fit the profile?
(a) A lie detector test.
(b) A hunch.
(c) A DNA swab.
(d) Lack of evidence.

5. Most crimes, after changes were made, were often solved within a __________.
(a) Month.
(b) Week.
(c) Year.
(d) Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did police find a number of decomposing bodies when they were able to search Gacy's house?

2. Kemper eventually started killing young women that he found ___________, according to the book.

3. What mental disorder did Duane say that he had, which was the cause for his actions, though Ressler proved otherwise?

4. What was the name of the other woman who was at the house in addition to the woman with the daughter?

5. What did Crutchley take from the woman that he raped, drinking copious amounts of it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did police find when they investigated Gacy's home more closely?

2. Why was one of the suspects in the Bozeman, Montana, case let go, even though he fit the profile?

3. What were some of the qualities of Gacy that made him appear to be the least likely person to kill anyone?

4. What was Glatman's claim about the women whom he eventually killed?

5. What happened during a seminar that Ressler was giving on Rissell?

6. What would Gacy do with his gay male victims, according to police reports?

7. What was the act of staging that Ressler pointed out to the local officials?

8. What did Diane wake up to in the middle of the night after hanging out with friends?

9. Why does Duane and his legal team want the sentence commuted?

10. What are stranger crimes which seemed to be on the rise after 1980?

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