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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. How old was Ed by the time he had a polygraph test?
(a) 61.
(b) 68.
(c) 58.
(d) 51.

2. Which of the following describes Ed's death?
(a) Quiet and without uproar.
(b) Covered up.
(c) Complete with enormous fanfare.
(d) Extravegent and expensive.

3. What is the name of the town where Ed was transferred after his last visit to the farmhouse?
(a) Wickerson.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Winston.
(d) Wautoma.

4. 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 burial of the murdered people.
(b) Who should pay for Ed's stay at the mental hospital.
(c) Who should pay for Ed's house to be torn down.
(d) Who should pay for the investigation.

5. How many names does Kileen reveal that have had graves exhumed?
(a) 0.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. During which event did Ed confess to many charges?

2. What charge was eventually filed against Gein?

3. What was the name of the mental health institute that Ed died at?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did doctors find when Ed was tested physically and psychologically?

2. What were Weber's conclusions about Ed?

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

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

5. How many murders was Ed associated with?

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

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

8. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

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

10. What reason did Ed give for digging up graves?

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