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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was cut open on Terry's body when her husband found her dead after his work shift?
(a) Toe.
(b) Hand.
(c) Head.
(d) Stomach.

2. Since serial killers experience abuse as children, it is difficult for them to sustain meaningful and consensual ____________ in life.
(a) Conversations.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Commitments.

3. Richard Speck was a _________ murderer, according to Ressler, instead of a serial killer.
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Singular.
(c) Mass.
(d) Large.

4. How old was the little girl that was abducted and killed during the time Ressler was a boy?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

5. Ressler decided that the murderer had to be involved with children in some way, maybe even a _____________.
(a) Mentor.
(b) Boy Scout leader.
(c) Pastor.
(d) Teacher.

6. As children, many serial killers grow up __________, so they tend to create their own personal fantasy world.
(a) With families.
(b) Isolated.
(c) Immersed in books.
(d) On their own.

7. In what room was Terry's body found by police?
(a) Basement.
(b) Bathroom.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Kitchen.

8. Once the serial killer commits their first murder, they cannot __________, according to Ressler.
(a) Stop.
(b) Think of anything else.
(c) Go back.
(d) Love again.

9. What does Ressler also find that the murderer might have done with the victim's blood?
(a) Bottled it.
(b) Boiled it.
(c) Drank it.
(d) Drained it all.

10. What had been stolen from the family that was the next to suffer in the serial killing spree?
(a) Station wagon.
(b) Tape recorder.
(c) Television.
(d) Records.

11. How much did Edward Kemper weigh when he was about to hurt Ressler in the interview room?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 200 pounds.
(c) 175 pounds.
(d) 400 pounds.

12. What city did Ressler go to in order to begin helping out with the newspaper boy case?
(a) Miami.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Des Moines.

13. Whom did Ressler stop interviewing because he thought the killer was just trying to extend his sentence?
(a) John Gacy.
(b) Jeffrey Dahmer.
(c) Charles Manson.
(d) Ted Bundy.

14. What needs to happen for an organized killer in order for their actions to feel complete?
(a) They need to see a report in the paper.
(b) They hide the body.
(c) They need to hear they are a suspect.
(d) They want to hear about it from the police.

15. The _______ killer is one that kills on an impulse, without planning ahead as they don't know when it will happen.
(a) Moveable.
(b) Psychotic.
(c) Organized.
(d) Disorganized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Manson got others to murder for him, plying them with ________ and with adoration.

2. Serial killers are often obsessed with their ________, thinking about them for days or weeks before they occur.

3. What was the real reason that David Berkowitz continued to go out and kill people?

4. The fantasies of killing are nearly always _________ in nature, and they contain control and domination.

5. Ressler proposed an idea for a ____________ research project, though it was initially turned down by the FBI.

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