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

2. What did the police discover about Ed's mother's room?

3. When did Ed's father die?

4. How many rooms of his house did Ed actually use?

5. Which of the following did Ed collect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ed's relationship with Bob Hill.

2. Describe the circumstances surrounding Bernice's death.

3. Describe the circumstances of the body parts found in Ed's house.

4. Describe the death of Ed's brother, Henry.

5. Describe the time in Ed's life in which he goes into full retreat from the world.

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

7. Describe Augusta's death.

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

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

10. How does Ed describe the other women who play a role in his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did people try to make light of the situation of Ed's murders? Why is this significant to note? How did the people in Ed's town react to people making light of the situation? What is your personal response?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the incident that occurred with the puppy that Ed and Augusta witnessed. What did both Ed and his mother perceive of this incident? How did it affect Ed later in his life?

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