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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 was the name of the jail Ed was taken to?

2. What was Ed initially brought into custody for?

3. In what year did Ed's brother die?

4. What was Ed's bail set at?

5. What was the name of teenager who went missing second before babysitting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the evidence existing when Mary Hogan went missing.

2. Describe Augusta's death.

3. How did Ed describe himself killing Bernice?

4. What was interesting about the autopsy notes on Bernice's body?

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

6. Describe Ed's relationship with Bob Hill.

7. Describe Ed's life at the time his father died in 1940.

8. What vow did Augusta make for Ed?

9. Describe Eleanor Adams and Ed's experience with her.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the incident that occurred with the puppy that Ed and Augusta witnessed. What did both Ed and his mother perceive of this incident? How did it affect Ed later in his life?

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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