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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 describes Ed's status at the time of his death?
(a) Free.
(b) Deeply religious.
(c) Disrespectful.
(d) Senile.

2. What charge was eventually filed against Gein?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Larceny.
(c) Murder.
(d) Attempted murder.

3. Who was Kenneth Engleman?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Judge.
(c) Methodist preacher.
(d) Lieutenant.

4. Before the final decision was made about Ed's sentencing, where was he sent?
(a) Centerfield State Hospital.
(b) Central State Hospital.
(c) Canterbury State Hospital.
(d) Canton State Hospital.

5. What did Adeline Watkins tell reporters about Ed?
(a) She was almost Ed's victim.
(b) She was dating Ed.
(c) She wished she would have been able to stop Ed.
(d) She was aware of the murders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre of film did Gein inspire?

2. What did the judge declare about Ed at the trial?

3. According to Ed, why did he exhume graves?

4. Which of the following is true about the body parts found in Ed's home?

5. According to Ed, why didn't he have sex with cadavers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What judgment did a judge make about Ed during the trial?

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

3. According to a newspaper headline and the suspicions of many, why did Ed kill people?

4. How long did it take for Ed to come to trial and why?

5. Describe Ed's burial.

6. According to what Ed told his doctors, what would have stopped him from committing crimes?

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

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

9. What was the fate of the Gein house?

10. Why did tourists want to come to Plainfield?

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