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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. Whom do the police unceasingly question after Ted's arrest?

2. The same afternoon that Janice Ott disappears, Denise Naslund is last seen for the last time, too. What is the only possession Denise leaves behind in the parking lot?

3. Ted complains about what item in his new prison?

4. Who watches Ann's encounter with Ted after he is released on bail?

5. How many siblings does Ted have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ted put into solitary confinement?

2. What are the three distinct personalities Ann believes Ted possesses?

3. After the murders stop in Utah, how and where do they restart?

4. After the disappearances of Janice Ott and Denise Naslund, why does Ann begin to suspect that her friend, Ted Bundy, could be the man who has been abducting and murdering young women?

5. When Ann runs into Ted during a Christmas party in 1973, whom does he introduce as his girlfriend? Why is this an interesting fact in terms of the story?

6. After talking with Ted, Ann begins to think that perhaps the authorities do have the wrong man. What dream makes her wonder about her convictions?

7. Although detectives establish a pattern among the murders and murder/assault victims (e.g., Katherine Merry Devine, Joni Lenz, Linda Ann Healy), they entertain many different theories as to who the killer(s) could be. What are three of their thoughts?

8. After Ted is caught by officials following his escape from the law library in Aspen, what are three things that happen that throw him into a tailspin of depression and anxiety?

9. Why is Ted pulled over by a policeman while driving in Salt Lake City? What are the results of this incident?

10. After being transferred to the Garfield County Jail, Ted makes a few requests to the judge and receives what items and privileges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ann attempts to make a connection between Ted's rejection by Stephanie and the beginning of his serial killings. What are the bases of her connection? What supporting evidence does she use?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of manipulation repeats itself again and again through "The Stranger Beside Me". Discuss ways that people and events are manipulated during the following scenes/occurrences:

a) When Ted proposes to Carol Ann Boone in court.

b) When Ted continually asks for better food and law library access while imprisoned.

c) Ted's correspondence with Ann over the years.

d) The author and the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Imagine if Ted Bundy had written his own book. What do you think it would have been titled? How would he choose to describe his killings and attacks? What types of storytelling techniques do you think he would employ?

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