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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 the name of one of the men who become engaged in the argument?

2. Why did Ed want to hurt Mary?

3. On what day did all the men in Ed's town go hunting?

4. What is the name of the only man Ed felt treated him well?

5. According to Schechter, what type of joke became popular in the 1950s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ed's father.

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

3. Describe Eleanor Adams and Ed's experience with her.

4. Describe Ed's relationship with Bob Hill.

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

6. How did neighbors generally view Ed?

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

8. What vow did Augusta make for Ed?

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

10. Where was Bernice's body found and what were the circumstances surrounding it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The autopsy notes on one of the bodies Ed created attributed the death to "comic book violence." Why is this true or untrue? Is there a comparable and more modern scenario?

Essay Topic 2

Many people in Ed's town were willing to accept that he was a murderer, but not a grave robber. Why do you think this was so? Do you think people react in a similar way today?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Ed chose the victims that he did? How did his mother influence the decisions he made in which people to kill or which bodies to dig up? Why is this significant?

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