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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the media respond to Ed Gein's murders?
(a) The media did not want to give him attention.
(b) Sensationalism took over.
(c) The media was left unaware of Gein's crimes.
(d) The media was more interested in creating rumor than fact.

2. Which of the following rumors spread around about Ed's house?
(a) It has dead bodies in it.
(b) It is haunted.
(c) It is unsafe.
(d) It is filthy.

3. When Ed's mother sees a puppy being beaten to death, who does she become angry with?
(a) the puppy.
(b) The woman who tries to intervene.
(c) The man beating the puppy.
(d) Herself.

4. What does Ed's mother vow?
(a) That Ed will not be corrupted by the world.
(b) That Ed will never have friends.
(c) That Ed will never go to school.
(d) That Ed will never have a wife.

5. What did Ed show his young friends that makes them feel strange about him?
(a) Roadkill he'd saved.
(b) His dead mother.
(c) Preserved animals.
(d) Preserved heads.

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

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

8. On what street was the family business located?
(a) Caledonia.
(b) Camelia.
(c) Chrysanthemum.
(d) Celadon.

9. In what decade does Schechter describe Ed as being "in full retreat"?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1940s.

10. When Ed entered a forbidden area, what did he see?
(a) His father having an affair.
(b) A man beating a puppy.
(c) His parents dressing a hog.
(d) His mother slapping his father.

11. What was the name of the police department involved in solving Bernice's case?
(a) Plain Lake County.
(b) Plain Field County.
(c) Green Field County.
(d) Green Lake County.

12. What were Ed and his brother doing when his brother died?
(a) Tending to animals.
(b) Hiking.
(c) Fighting a wildfire.
(d) Cleaning up the house.

13. Who immediately named Ed as a suspect in Bernice's disappearance?
(a) Lester.
(b) Ed's cousin.
(c) Bernice's son.
(d) Bob.

14. What was missing from Bernice's body when it was found?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her heart.

15. Why did Ed think he could take his time with Eleanor?
(a) She was already missing.
(b) Nobody cares about her.
(c) Nobody will realize she is missing.
(d) She wants to be missing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the last name of Mary, who owned a tavern?

3. What did Ed intend to do with Bernice's head?

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

5. What rendered Ed's mother helpless?

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