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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was Ed's father orphaned?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

2. What was the name of teenager who went missing second before babysitting?
(a) Emily Harvey.
(b) Ellen Hartman.
(c) Evelyn Harley.
(d) Elise Horton.

3. How did Ed feel about Mary?
(a) She is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(b) She should be judged by God.
(c) She is a nice woman who met the wrong people.
(d) She should not be allowed to live.

4. Why did Ed want to hurt Mary?
(a) She tried to contaminate him.
(b) His mother would not have liked her.
(c) She was mean to him.
(d) She was sexual.

5. How old was Eleanor Adams?
(a) 30.
(b) 67.
(c) 44.
(d) 51.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade does Schechter describe Ed as being "in full retreat"?

2. Which of the following did Ed collect?

3. What is the main clue to the reader that Eleanor was dead?

4. Why did Ed's mother want to have another child?

5. What does Ed's mother fear that women will do to her sons?

(see the answer key)

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