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

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

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

4. On what day did all the men in Ed's town go hunting?
(a) December 12.
(b) November 16.
(c) May 14.
(d) November 20.

5. Who did Ed believe was responsible for his mother's death?
(a) Himself.
(b) The puppy that was beaten.
(c) His brother.
(d) The woman present when the puppy was beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed's mother vow?

2. How many rooms of his house did Ed actually use?

3. What did somebody once tease Ed about?

4. What was the name of the newly-elected sheriff?

5. At what age was Ed's father orphaned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of media coverage was typical of the Ed Gein case?

2. How does Ed describe the other women who play a role in his life?

3. How did Ed become a suspect in Bernice's death?

4. Describe Ed's perception of his mother.

5. Where was Bernice's body found and what were the circumstances surrounding it?

6. How did neighbors generally view Ed?

7. Describe the evidence existing when Mary Hogan went missing.

8. Describe Ed's life at the time his father died in 1940.

9. What was interesting about the autopsy notes on Bernice's body?

10. What was Ed initially arraigned for and why?

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