View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?
(a) A treasure.
(b) A trap.
(c) A yellow parrot.
(d) A funeral.

2. Where is the small drugstore that is described in part one of In Cold Blood?
(a) Kansas City at Holcom
(b) Kansas City at Olathe
(c) Holcomb, Kansas
(d) Olathe, Texas

3. What name did Smith give to the animal who visited him in his cell?
(a) Rush.
(b) Red.
(c) Rowdy.
(d) Rudder.

4. What happened to the lodge that Smith and his father built and ran in Alaska?
(a) It failed.
(b) It fell into the ocean.
(c) His father continued running it without Smith.
(d) They sold it to join the Merchant Marines.

5. Mrs. Clutter experienced depression after which event?
(a) Death of her mother.
(b) Marriage of her oldest child.
(c) Birth of her last two children.
(d) Death of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the initials on the binoculars important?

2. Who work together to interview Hickock in the Las Vegas jail?

3. Who visited Hickock in jail?

4. How much was the life insurance police that Herb Clutter took out worth?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample