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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 11 through 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Schechter, what type of joke became popular in the 1950s?
(a) Knock knock jokes.
(b) Bloody Mary jokes.
(c) One liners.
(d) Dead baby jokes.

2. What year does the book begin recounting?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1920.

3. What happened to the first man who gets into an argument with the mob?
(a) He is hanged.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is hit with a blunt object.
(d) He escapes.

4. What did officers hope to find when they arrived at Ed's house?
(a) Ed.
(b) Bernice.
(c) Clues to Bernice's disappearance.
(d) A corpse from the cemetery.

5. Which of the following did Ed collect?
(a) Tools.
(b) Reptiles.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Toy cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following rumors spread around about Ed's house?

2. When Ed talked about his mother, what happened to him?

3. According to Schechter, what does not exist in a small town?

4. What was missing from Bernice's body when it was found?

5. What is the name of the only man Ed felt treated him well?

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