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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 cause of Ed's death?

2. What did Ed's attorney suggest to him?

3. What book did Robert Bloch write?

4. Which of the following describes Ed's IQ?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What judgment did a judge make about Ed during the trial?

2. What was Ed's reaction to having his petition for release refused?

3. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

4. What was the overall attitude of the Plainfield people at the tourism Ed Gein brought to the town?

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

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

7. Why did law officials find they had to be careful of planting ideas in Ed's head?

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

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

10. According to what Ed told his doctors, what would have stopped him from committing crimes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the town of Plainfield's reaction to Ed's crimes. How did the people in the town react? Was the fear that the people had about murderers irrational?

Essay Topic 2

There were rumors that Ed killed his brother, Henry. What motivation might he have to kill his brother? Do you think he killed his brother?

Essay Topic 3

Even though the book is non-fiction, how does the author create foreshadowing to encourage the reader to continue reading? Describe the literary devices utilized in doing so.

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