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

2. What was the name of the newly-elected sheriff?
(a) Shelly.
(b) Sharpton.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Schely.

3. What was Ed initially brought into custody for?
(a) Kidnapping Bernice.
(b) Murdering Bernice.
(c) Killing a deer on public property.
(d) Robbing Bernice's store.

4. What was Ed's perception of his mother?
(a) She was hurtful and spiteful.
(b) She was a tyrant.
(c) She was perfect.
(d) She was too religious.

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

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

7. What does Ed showing the children his trophies represent?
(a) His desire for a lover.
(b) His desire for his mother to be alive.
(c) His desire for friendship.
(d) His desire for his brother's companionship.

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

9. Which of the following is the name Ed Gein not synonymous with?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Theft.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Horror.

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

11. What was Ed's bail set at?
(a) $1,000,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $100.
(d) $1,000.

12. What was the name of the second man who is engaged in the argument?
(a) Freeman.
(b) Froughton.
(c) Firman.
(d) Fireside.

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

14. What was the name of Bernice's son?
(a) Frank.
(b) Francis.
(c) George.
(d) Gregory.

15. Where had Georgia been dropped off when she went missing?
(a) A school.
(b) A post office.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ed entered a forbidden area, what did he see?

2. What was the name of the jail Ed was taken to?

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

4. How many acres did Ed's family own?

5. What were Ed's bowls made out of?

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