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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gein, how was he treated at the mental health facilities?
(a) He was treated well.
(b) He was treated disrespectfully.
(c) He was treated like an animal.
(d) He was glorified.

2. What words does the shirt with Ed on it depict?
(a) Ed Gein dies.
(b) Ed Gein lives.
(c) Ed Gein sleeps.
(d) Ed Gein kills.

3. How much evidence was present in Gein's house?
(a) A large amount.
(b) The police were unable to determine how much evidence there was.
(c) A small amount.
(d) None.

4. How much money was set aside for Ed's funeral?
(a) 1,000 dollars.
(b) 300 dollars.
(c) 10 dollars.
(d) 50 dollars.

5. What did the judge declare about Ed at the trial?
(a) He was still not competent to stand trial and thus not guilty.
(b) He was not guilty.
(c) He was guilty.
(d) He was not insane and still guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ed moved to the hospital he died in?

2. Where did Ed say he disposed of Mary Hogan's body?

3. What was inside the casket that was supposed to hold Eleanor's body?

4. Why did Ed petition for release?

5. What was the first clue that Eleanor's body had been dug up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people try to make light of Ed Gein and the crimes he committed?

2. What was the fate of the Gein house?

3. According to what Ed told his doctors, what would have stopped him from committing crimes?

4. Why were people angry that Ed was going to serve time in a mental hospital?

5. What role did bribes play in the media attention surrounding Ed Gein?

6. What were people most unwilling to accept about Ed?

7. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

8. Why did some of Ed's neighbors feel guilty?

9. Why did the county petition the governor to allow Ed's prosecution to end with Bernice's case?

10. What judgment did a judge make about Ed during the trial?

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