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

2. Where did police find a number of decomposing bodies when they were able to search Gacy's house?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Crawlspace.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Freezer.

3. What do criminals try to do sometimes in order to throw police off when solving a crime?
(a) Lie.
(b) Hide away.
(c) Stage a scene.
(d) Ignore the police.

4. What did Ressler get to review, though he decided that it wasn't from the killer?
(a) Evidence.
(b) Weapon.
(c) Tape.
(d) Letter.

5. Who was distraught about having let Rissell out of the mental ward?
(a) Ressler.
(b) The psychiatrist.
(c) The police chief.
(d) Vopergal.

Short Answer Questions

1. The killer, in his staging, said that he would kill a ___________ until the police were able to solve the murder.

2. The women in Columbus were being strangled with their own ____________.

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

4. Where was the policeman from that brought Glatman in after the confession?

5. Who did not believe that John was serious when he made the statements about killing women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Duane after he left the house after being with Diane and Fran?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Whom did Ressler hope to educate in terms of dealing with serial killers properly?

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