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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. Which of the following describes the way Ed went about the murders of Bernice and Mary?
(a) He was good at finding hiding places.
(b) He was not actually fond of murdering women.
(c) He was good at playing dumb.
(d) He was not smart about it.

2. According to Gein, how was he treated at the mental health facilities?
(a) He was treated disrespectfully.
(b) He was treated like an animal.
(c) He was glorified.
(d) He was treated well.

3. How old was Ed by the time he had a polygraph test?
(a) 58.
(b) 51.
(c) 68.
(d) 61.

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

5. Where did it seem Ed would spend time serving?
(a) Honor farm.
(b) Jail.
(c) Rehab center.
(d) Mental hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was unlikely to those who were in the town?

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

3. What was the name of the judge in Gein's case?

4. What was inside the casket that was supposed to hold Eleanor's body?

5. How did the people of Plainfield feel about Ed's sentence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

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

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

5. Why did tourists want to come to Plainfield?

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

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

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

9. Why did the county petition the governor to allow Ed's prosecution to end with Bernice's case?

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

(see the answer keys)

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