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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his later days at _______, Ressler tried to find a wide audience for teaching his profiling skills.
(a) Harvard.
(b) Quantico.
(c) Northwestern.
(d) Yale.

2. What did the killer in #177 claim to be the reason behind his actions?
(a) PTSD.
(b) The victims asked him to kill them.
(c) A small voice in his head.
(d) His raging headaches.

3. Many killers are able to pass lie detector tests as they can __________ their minds and pass them when lying.
(a) Erase.
(b) Change.
(c) Compartmentalize.
(d) Ignore.

4. What is one of the books that Ressler helped with in order to ensure its truthfulness?
(a) It.
(b) One Way Out.
(c) The Shining.
(d) Silence of the Lambs.

5. _________ was not considered to be reputable among crime fighting units as early as the 1960s.
(a) Profiling.
(b) Detective work.
(c) Therapy.
(d) DNA evidence.

6. _______ brought in famous criminals and researchers who might help to train people at the base.
(a) The head of the FBI.
(b) The President.
(c) Ressler.
(d) The psychiatrist.

7. Who miraculously survived the attack by Duane and ran to the neighbors for help?
(a) Anne.
(b) Fran.
(c) Judy.
(d) Diane.

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

9. What was the name of the other woman who was at the house in addition to the woman with the daughter?
(a) Anne.
(b) Diane.
(c) Fran.
(d) Judy.

10. It was often difficult to catch killers who were operating in different _________, according to Ressler.
(a) Times of the day.
(b) Patterns.
(c) Groups.
(d) Areas.

11. The facts at a _______ are not enough to create a good profile of a criminal, according to Ressler.
(a) Bank.
(b) Crime scene.
(c) Interrogation.
(d) Police station.

12. Ressler assumed that the person who was a suspect in the crimes in Bozeman was also a __________.
(a) Killer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Navy officer.

13. Where was the killer living at the time that the police caught up with him?
(a) An old folk's home.
(b) Air Force base.
(c) Navy base.
(d) His mother's house.

14. The killer, in his staging, said that he would kill a ___________ until the police were able to solve the murder.
(a) Black woman.
(b) White woman.
(c) Black man.
(d) White man.

15. In Columbus, ________, women were killed by a killer and staging was attempted, though Ressler saw through it.
(a) Ohio.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ressler learned later that the governor of ________ had commuted Samples' sentence, so he came in to help.

3. Crutchley had picked up the woman he tried to murder while his __________ was away.

4. Who went to sleep on the couch after Duane had left for the night?

5. How were John Gacy and Edmund Kemper allowed to be at a seminar that Ressler was teaching?

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