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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the breakfast Herb had on his last day alive?
(a) Apple and milk.
(b) Oatmeal and juice.
(c) Bacon and eggs.
(d) Cereal and milk.

2. How much was the life insurance police that Herb Clutter took out worth?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $80,000.
(d) $20,000.

3. Who concluded that Smith and his sister could have no relationship?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Hickock.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Willie-Jay.

4. Why did at least one family decide to leave Holcomb after the murders?
(a) Because they knew someone from Holcomb committed the murder.
(b) Because townsfolk had become gossips.
(c) More murders had been occurring in the town.
(d) Because the murders were unsolved.

5. Which of the following was not an event completed by Nancy?
(a) Getting gas in her car.
(b) Talking on the phone to her best friend.
(c) Playing with her cat.
(d) Teaching neighbor girl to bake a cherry pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Clutter children was somewhat eccentric?

2. Which two individual met at the drugstore the night of the murder?

3. What pact did Smith and Hickock make after the murders?

4. What did Mr. Helm see in Mrs. Clutter's window?

5. How many people attended the Clutter funeral?

(see the answer key)

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