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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was found in Mary's tavern when she went missing?
(a) Bloody clothing.
(b) A gun.
(c) A pool of blood.
(d) A body.

2. What does Ed's mother fear that women will do to her sons?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Anger them.
(c) Endanger them.
(d) Contaminate them.

3. What was used to cover a chair bottom in Ed's house?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Human skin.
(c) Human hair.
(d) Animal fur.

4. Who took the notes during Bernice's autopsy?
(a) Mrs. Ellenurger.
(b) Mrs. Eisenhower.
(c) Mrs. Eltsenberg.
(d) Mrs. Eigenberger.

5. What is the name of the only woman who Ed felt treated him well?
(a) Ivonne.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Irene.
(d) Ilena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname that the note taker during Bernice's autopsy suggested for the killer?

2. Which of the following did Ed do?

3. What was the name of Ed's brother?

4. Which of the following did Ed collect?

5. Who immediately named Ed as a suspect in Bernice's disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ed become a suspect in Bernice's death?

2. What vow did Augusta make for Ed?

3. Why did Ed show Bob the preserved human heads?

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

5. What did police expect to find in Augusta's room and what was actually found there?

6. In Ed's small town, how might it be possible for him to have committed murders?

7. Describe Ed's relationship with Bob Hill.

8. What type of media coverage was typical of the Ed Gein case?

9. How did Ed describe himself killing Bernice?

10. Describe Augusta, Ed's mother.

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