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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. How did Gein's town react to the media attention?

2. According to the polygraph expert, what was Gein an amateur at?

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

4. Where did Ed say he disposed of Mary Hogan's body?

5. Rumors stated that Ed's accomplice was named which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did some of Ed's neighbors feel guilty?

4. Describe the petition that Ed filed for release in 1974.

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

6. What was the fate of the Gein house?

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

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

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

10. According to a newspaper headline and the suspicions of many, why did Ed kill people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

One of the major conflicts involved in Ed's case was whether or not the police should exhume the bodies of those Ed claimed to have dug up. What do you think should have been done in this situation?

Essay Topic 3

Why weren't the people in Ed's town able to see what was going on? Was it a matter of ignorance, naivety or just the unwillingness to accept what was right in front of them?

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