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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 first?
(a) Whether the media should be banned on reporting about Ed.
(b) Whether cemetery plots should be exhumed.
(c) Whether Ed's house should be torn down.
(d) Whether the cemeteries should be closed.

2. According to Ed, why didn't he have sex with cadavers?
(a) The odor was disgusting.
(b) The eyes were too blank.
(c) The bodies were too firm.
(d) He didn't have the desire to do so.

3. How many masks were found in Gein's home?
(a) 15.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

4. During which event did Ed confess to many charges?
(a) Evelyn's funeral.
(b) Bernice's funeral.
(c) A town fair.
(d) Cemetery remodeling.

5. How much money was set aside for Ed's funeral?
(a) 10 dollars.
(b) 50 dollars.
(c) 1,000 dollars.
(d) 300 dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Plainfield feel about Ed's sentence?

2. Who delayed the transfer of Ed to another state mental hospital?

3. Who was Kenneth Engleman?

4. Ed was eliminated as a suspect in all the following cases except for which one?

5. Where did it seem Ed would spend time serving?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the fate of Ed's car?

4. What did Adeline Watkins tell the reporters about Ed?

5. Describe Ed's burial.

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

7. How did people try to make light of Ed Gein and the crimes he committed?

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

9. What happened to the evidence from the Gein case?

10. What were the two major issues on the agenda of those involved in Ed Gein's legal proceedings?

(see the answer keys)

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