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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was found in Mary's tavern when she went missing?

2. What was the name of Ed's brother?

3. Which of the following is the name Ed Gein not synonymous with?

4. How old was Georgia Weckler when she disappeared?

5. About how many people lived in Ed's town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ed do to Mary Hogan's face and why?

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

3. What was Ed initially arraigned for and why?

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

5. Describe the incident that Ed recalls about walking into a forbidden area of his parent's shop.

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

7. What did police expect to find in Augusta's room and what was actually found there?

8. What were Ed's feelings about Mary Hogan?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Ed murder people and dig graves? What influenced him to commit such crimes? Is he the only one to blame?

Essay Topic 2

Was justice served in Ed serving time in a mental health institution rather than jail?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Ed's perception of his mother. Where did this perception come from? Is it an accurate one? How did this perception affect him later on in his life?

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