Dexter: A Likeable Serial Killer Quiz

Answer: Morgan

Dexter was raised by his adopted father and mentor, Harry Morgan.

Answer: Homicide detective

Harry Morgan is Dexter's adopted father, and he spotted Dexter's fascination with vivisection when Dexter demonstrated these tendencies as a boy. In flashback sequences, Harry shows the young Dexter how to channel his homicidal tendencies into more "normal" behaviors in order to keep him from, in his words, the electric chair.

Answer: False

In episode 9, "Father Knows Best," Dexter gets a registered letter that informs him that his biological father, Joe Driscoll, has recently died. This comes as a shock, because Harry, Dexter's adoptive father, had told Dexter that his real father had died over 30 years ago.

Answer: Dexter's sister, Debra

Dexter's sister Debra, played by Jennifer Carpenter, has done a notable scary role herself, in the 2005 hit, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose."

Answer: Miami

The show is set in Miami as Dexter Morgan owns a boat and disposes of his victims off Miami's coast in the Atlantic ocean.

Answer: He witnessed a gruesome murder as a child

Dexter witnessed a gruesome murder as a child in which someone was cut up chainsaw-style. This is shown in flashback style.

Answer: She holds a severed head to his face

After Dexter repeatedly tells Lt. LaGuerta that the confessed killer is a phony, she tests out Dexter's theory. She discovers that he knows information about her promotion to lieutenant available only in a sealed police file and facts about the Ice Truck Killer never revealed to the public. Seems he hacked into the MPD computer system. Next, she plays a hunch and puts a severed head to his face.

He starts crying proving he could not be the Ice Truck Killer, who is notorious for cutting up body parts, including heads.

Answer: False

Dexter Morgan is indifferent to Doakes, but Doakes despises Dexter. He constantly ridicules Dexter about his fascination with blood. Ironically, he needs Dexter's expertise as a blood spatter expert.

Answer: Prostitute

She poses as a prostitute, putting her in the path of the Ice Truck Killer, who has a penchant for killing Miami hookers by vivisection and draining the bodies of all blood. Unknowingly, after she is promoted to detective she starts dating Ice Truck Killer.

Answer: Rita

Julie Benz, the actress who plays his girlfriend Rita Bennett, plays a very sweet character on "Dexter." Ironically, she is best known for playing the evil, anything but sweet, vampire, Darla on the TV show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."