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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. Of the two major issues on the agenda of those involved in the legal proceedings, which was the second?
(a) Who should pay for the investigation.
(b) Who should pay for the burial of the murdered people.
(c) Who should pay for Ed's stay at the mental hospital.
(d) Who should pay for Ed's house to be torn down.

2. How much evidence was present in Gein's house?
(a) The police were unable to determine how much evidence there was.
(b) None.
(c) A small amount.
(d) A large amount.

3. How long did it seem Ed would spend in jail?
(a) Just a few months.
(b) For the rest of his life.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. In what year did Ed petition for release?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1974.

5. Why did Weber eliminate Ed as a suspect?
(a) Everybody knows him as a nice man.
(b) His shoe size does not match a pair of shoes at the crime scene.
(c) His fingerprints are not found at the scene of the crime.
(d) He is shy and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many believe to be the cause of Ed's actions?

2. How old was Ed by the time he had a polygraph test?

3. Which of the following best describes Ed's feelings at being denied the ability to change hospitals?

4. Which of the following describes Ed's status at the time of his death?

5. Why did Ed petition for release?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were people angry that Ed was going to serve time in a mental hospital?

2. What were people most unwilling to accept about Ed?

3. What role did bribes play in the media attention surrounding Ed Gein?

4. What was the overall attitude of the Plainfield people at the tourism Ed Gein brought to the town?

5. What was the fate of the Gein house?

6. What were Weber's conclusions about Ed?

7. Why did law officials find they had to be careful of planting ideas in Ed's head?

8. How many murders was Ed associated with?

9. What did Ed seem to blame for all of his troubles?

10. Why did the county petition the governor to allow Ed's prosecution to end with Bernice's case?

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