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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. Who asked Duane to leave when the women decided to go to bed after a long night of partying?
(a) Diane.
(b) Fran.
(c) Doug.
(d) No one.

2. Ressler wanted to make sure that mental health professionals would be able to handle __________ effectively.
(a) Crimes.
(b) Mental cases.
(c) New patients.
(d) Killers.

3. Ressler suspected that the killer was a ___________, even though the staging tried to make this seem unlikely.
(a) White woman.
(b) White man.
(c) Black woman.
(d) Black man.

4. Where was the killer living at the time that the police caught up with him?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) Navy base.
(c) An old folk's home.
(d) Air Force base.

5. The facts at a _______ are not enough to create a good profile of a criminal, according to Ressler.
(a) Bank.
(b) Police station.
(c) Crime scene.
(d) Interrogation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the serial killer in #147 use in order to lure women into his home?

2. Ressler assumed that the person who was a suspect in the crimes in Bozeman was also a __________.

3. _________ was not considered to be reputable among crime fighting units as early as the 1960s.

4. Who had send the bad information to the police, which was later discovered by officials?

5. Who miraculously survived the attack by Duane and ran to the neighbors for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is needed in order to create a valuable and effective profile for a criminal?

2. Why are some killers able to pass polygraph tests, even though they are guilty of their crimes?

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Ressler arrange to have available during a seminar for his new crime fighting unit?

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

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

10. What was the criminal act that took place in Columbus, Georgia, where staging took place as well?

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