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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which individual is part Cherokee, with dark eyes, and a dark complexion?
(a) Kenyon Clutter.
(b) Herb Clutter.
(c) Perry Smith.
(d) Richard Clutter.

2. Which individual is shown to be primarily a schemer and a con man?
(a) Perry Smith.
(b) Richard Hickock.
(c) Nancy Clutter.
(d) Perry Hickock.

3. Why did Agent Dewey lose weight while working on the Clutter case?
(a) He obsessed over the Clutter case.
(b) He was too busy to eat.
(c) He was chasing Smith and Hickock around the globe.
(d) His wife had him on a diet.

4. Who had won blue ribbons for baking pies?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Kenyon.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Eveanna.

5. Which investigator was personal friends with the murder victims?
(a) Agent Duntz.
(b) Agent Church.
(c) Agent Nye.
(d) Agent Dewey.

6. What is the largest town near Holcomb?
(a) Olathe.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Garden City.
(d) Hartman's City.

7. Which two individual met at the drugstore the night of the murder?
(a) Perry Smith and Eveanna Clutter.
(b) Nancy Clutter and Kenyon Clutter.
(c) Perry Smith and Richard Hickock.
(d) Richard Hickock and Kenyon Clutter.

8. What memento did Smith save from his sister?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A biography and family tree.
(d) A letter.

9. What was one of the former jobs of Alvin Dewey?
(a) Mayor of Finney County.
(b) Sheriff of Kansas City.
(c) Sheriff of Finney County.
(d) Sheriff of Olathe Kansas.

10. Which individual in In Cold Blood was an English Teacher?
(a) Susan Kidwell.
(b) Sheriff Robinson.
(c) Larry Jendricks.
(d) Charles Ewalt.

11. River Valley Farm did not contain which of the following?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Grains.
(d) Livestock.

12. Why does Perry Smith suffer from chronic pain?
(a) He was in an accident where his arms were broken in five places.
(b) He was in an accident where his legs were broken in five places.
(c) He was in an accident where his legs were broken in four places.
(d) He was in an accident where his arms were broken in four places.

13. Why was Hickock sure that Smith would not have any problem with committing the murder?
(a) Because He himself had no difficulties with it.
(b) It was in the past, and they agreed to never look back.
(c) He knew Smith had no conscious.
(d) He thought Smith had murdered before.

14. What activity did Nancy, Kenyon, and Herb do on their final night alive?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Read.
(c) Bake pies.
(d) Play board games with Bobby.

15. Who claimed Smith is a good person who had not gotten any breaks?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Hickock.
(c) Dewey.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of the good qualities Willie Jay saw in Smith?

2. About how far away from the Clutter's town is the drug store?

3. Who went to the Clutter household every Sunday morning?

4. How old was Richard Hickock the night of the murders?

5. Mrs. Clutter experienced depression after which event?

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