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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ressler suspected that the killer was a ___________, even though the staging tried to make this seem unlikely.

3. What would Gacy sometimes dress up as in order to hide his appearance?

4. The National Center for the Analysis of _________ was put together by Ressler.

5. Ressler wanted to make sure that mental health professionals would be able to handle __________ effectively.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Ressler point out to Yorkshire police when he listened to the tape of the killer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of the book, Ressler realizes that the case of the vampire killer is not an ordinary case.

Part 1: How might you define the idea of an ordinary murder?

Part 2: How might you define the idea of a murder not being ordinary?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to distinguish between and ordinary murder and a non-ordinary murder? Or, is it that important?

Essay Topic 2

The question of whether serial killers are born or made is one that comes up for Ressler.

Part 1: Do you think serial killers are born or made? Why?

Part 2: What would it mean if it were discovered that serial killers are made?

Part 3: What would it mean if it were proven that all serial killers are born the way they are?

Essay Topic 3

Ressler notices in the case of the newspaper boy killings that the murderer sliced off skin to hide bite marks.

Part 1: Do you think that slicing away bite marks is the sign of an intelligent killer?

Part 2: How do you think Ressler was able to determine the slices were meant to hide evidence?

Part 3: Why do you think a person would try to remove evidence from a body, though this also creates evidence?

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