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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ed tell the police that he had the power to do?
(a) Murder without violence.
(b) Raise the dead.
(c) Find out how each person died telepathically.
(d) Talk to his mother.

2. What had Ed always blamed for his problems?
(a) His mother's religion.
(b) His brother's existence.
(c) The puppy that had been beaten.
(d) His father's quietness.

3. How long did Ed spend at the state hospital before the final decision was made about his fate?
(a) One year.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One day.

4. What was the name of the mental health institute that Ed died at?
(a) Medonat.
(b) Mercado.
(c) Mercenary.
(d) Meadows.

5. According to Ed, why didn't he have sex with cadavers?
(a) The bodies were too firm.
(b) The odor was disgusting.
(c) The eyes were too blank.
(d) He didn't have the desire to do so.

6. What was inside the casket that was supposed to hold Eleanor's body?
(a) Eleanor and a crowbar.
(b) A dead animal.
(c) Crowbar.
(d) A different dead woman.

7. What did the judge declare about Ed at the trial?
(a) He was not insane and still guilty.
(b) He was guilty.
(c) He was still not competent to stand trial and thus not guilty.
(d) He was not guilty.

8. Why was Ed Gein positive for his town?
(a) It encouraged townspeople to go to church.
(b) It brought notoriety and fame to the town.
(c) The media and visitors boosted the economy.
(d) It caused the town to become more appreciative of their loved ones.

9. Who requested that the state crime lab be granted a burial site to re-enter the evidence?
(a) State attorney.
(b) Ed.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Governor-elect.

10. Where did Ed say he disposed of Mary Hogan's body?
(a) A neighbor's farm.
(b) A burn pile.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) A barn.

11. What charge was eventually filed against Gein?
(a) Larceny.
(b) Attempted murder.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Murder.

12. Why were all the prisoners in jail released?
(a) To make Gein feel comfortable.
(b) To keep Gein from telling them about the crimes.
(c) To keep Gein away from them.
(d) To keep reporters away.

13. What was the name of the woman whose grave was exhumed second?
(a) Maurice Ellerton.
(b) Mary Anne Ellis.
(c) Marvel Ellen.
(d) Mabel Everson.

14. What is the name of the town where Ed was transferred after his last visit to the farmhouse?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Wautoma.
(c) Wickerson.
(d) Winston.

15. Which of the following was unlikely to those who were in the town?
(a) That Ed could have killed his brother.
(b) That Ed could have transported bodies.
(c) That Ed could have murdered one woman.
(d) That Ed could have dug up so many graves without getting caught.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Kenneth Engleman?

3. What book did Robert Bloch write?

4. How many masks were found in Gein's home?

5. When Ed saw a young girl and her mother in the courtroom, what did he make a comment to her about?

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