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

2. Who did not believe that John was serious when he made the statements about killing women?
(a) His wife.
(b) His boyfriend.
(c) His mother.
(d) His friend.

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

4. In the late 1970s and 1980s, law enforcement was not as __________ as it is today, according to the book.
(a) Helpful.
(b) Organized.
(c) Trained.
(d) Coordinated.

5. Who had send the bad information to the police, which was later discovered by officials?
(a) Disgruntled policeman.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) The killer's mother.
(d) A citizen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Glatman was a serial killer who said that the women asked him to ________ and then to kill them.

2. Monte Rissell was a serial _________ who was put into a mental hospital after committing his crimes.

3. Who asked Duane to leave when the women decided to go to bed after a long night of partying?

4. Ressler learned later that the governor of ________ had commuted Samples' sentence, so he came in to help.

5. What was the weapon that Duane had gotten in order to hurt the women?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did many crime fighting units not feel that profiling was helpful in investigations?

2. What were Duane, Diane, and Fran doing at the apartment before the brutal murder?

3. How would Harvey Glatman find his victims, according to the book?

4. What is the book that Ressler helped with in order to ensure it was properly written to show the reality of serial killers?

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

6. What is unique about the Dahmer cases, according to Ressler's findings?

7. What was difficult about law enforcement agencies before the 1980s?

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

9. How do criminals attempt to prevent police officers from finding out what they have done and their identity?

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

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