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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. What did Douglas' wife do for a job while living in Milwaukee?
(a) A therapist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A hair stylist.

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what did the task force stay behind to learn?
(a) How to analyze crime scenes.
(b) To study faster than the killers who learned more by killing.
(c) How to set up surveillance cameras.
(d) How to arrest a murderer.

3. What was published in the book "Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives"?
(a) Patterns and motives.
(b) The secret identity of Charles Manson.
(c) The results of the prison interview study.
(d) A history of the FBI.

4. While in Milwaukee, Douglas trained bankers and businessmen in _________.
(a) Kidnapping and extortion.
(b) Community policing.
(c) Rifle skills.
(d) White collar crime.

5. Where did Douglas receive grant money from for his felon interviews?
(a) The University of Montana.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) National Institute of Justice.
(d) The FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many victims were interviewed for the prison interview study?

2. How many cases did Douglas take in 1980?

3. What did William Heirens complete while in prison?

4. What did Douglas wonder about the prison inmates who participated in the interview study at the start of Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 6, why did agents not write personality profiles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Douglas compare a criminal to a lion?

2. What childhood story of Douglas' led to the term "everybody has a rock?" When did Douglas use the term again in Chapter 10?

3. What technique did Douglas suggest the prosecutor should use when cross-examining?

4. List some of the Killers that Douglas and Ressler interviewed in Chapter 7.

5. Describe William Heirens. Include why he committed his crime and what he accomplished in prison.

6. Describe the metaphor "betting on raindrops rolling down the window."

7. What was the link between all the murders Wayne Williams committed?

8. What profile did Douglas construct of Wayne Williams?

9. What led to the FBI's new appreciation of profiling?

10. Describe Hoover's opinion on profiling.

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