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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Ed been rubbing on skin to preserve it?
(a) Raw food.
(b) Water.
(c) Oil.
(d) Blood.

2. In terms of how his neighbors saw him, what was Ed like?
(a) Hardworking.
(b) Humble.
(c) Angry.
(d) Virtuous.

3. When did Ed's father die?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1940.

4. What role did Ed's mother play in the home?
(a) Domestic tyrant.
(b) Subservient wife.
(c) Nurturing mother.
(d) Blue collar worker.

5. When the police investigated the missing teenager's disappearance, what did they find at the house she was supposed to be at?
(a) Bloody fingerprints.
(b) A random letter.
(c) Bloody clothing.
(d) Her body.

6. What was the last name of Mary, who owned a tavern?
(a) Hoffman.
(b) Hogan.
(c) Horton.
(d) Heckler.

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

8. What did Bernice's son find when he showed up at her shop after she'd been killed?
(a) Blood.
(b) A dead animal.
(c) Bloody clothing.
(d) Her body.

9. When he referenced places women could be found, what places was Ed talking about?
(a) The homes of his friends.
(b) Brothels.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Cemeteries.

10. Where did Ed find Eleanor?
(a) Her home.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Brothel.

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

12. What was found in Mary's tavern when she went missing?
(a) A pool of blood.
(b) Bloody clothing.
(c) A gun.
(d) A body.

13. Which of the following did Ed do?
(a) Robbed hotel rooms.
(b) Robbed convenience stores.
(c) Robbed cemeteries.
(d) Robbed homes.

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

15. Which of the following was true of Ed's home?
(a) It had not been entered in years.
(b) It had no electricity.
(c) It was full of dead animals.
(d) It had no water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Ed's brother die?

2. Why did Ed think he could take his time with Eleanor?

3. What was the name of Bernice's son?

4. In which city did the argument between the two men and the mob take place?

5. According to Schechter, what type of joke became popular in the 1950s?

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