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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 charge was eventually filed against Gein?

2. What was Ed's reaction to a preacher visiting him?

3. Who was the hospital superintendent of the mental hospital Ed was transferred to?

4. What was the cause of Ed's death?

5. What part of Mrs. Worden was found in Ed's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the argument of whether or not Ed should be moved or not.

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

7. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

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

9. Describe Ed's burial.

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

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

Describe the media attention that Ed Gein's case received. Why was the media so interested? What effect did the media have on Ed's town? Was this attention good or bad?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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