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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Smith's nightmare, what always saved him in the end?
(a) A green, parrot-like bird.
(b) A yellow, finch-like bird.
(c) A green, finch-like bird.
(d) A yellow, parrot-like bird.

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

3. Who wrote "A History of My Boy's Life"?
(a) Smith's father.
(b) Hickock.
(c) Willie Jay.
(d) Smith.

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

5. What did Hickock know would make Smith the perfect partner for this criminal activity?
(a) Explosive emotional reactions.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Poetic imagination.
(d) Creativity.

6. Where did Mrs. Clutter spend the majority of her time?
(a) In her sewing room.
(b) In bed.
(c) In a closet.
(d) In the barn.

7. What apparently was used to kill all of the murder victims?
(a) A bat.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Knives.
(d) A gun.

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

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

10. How old was Herb Clutter when he died?
(a) 48.
(b) 38.
(c) 28.
(d) 58.

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

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

13. How old was Richard Hickock the night of the murders?
(a) 33.
(b) 35.
(c) 36.
(d) 34.

14. Once Smith and Hickock met on the night of the murders, where did they drive?
(a) To a car wash.
(b) To Finney County.
(c) To a garage where Smith worked as a mechanic.
(d) To a garage where Hickock worked as a mechanic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which investigator was personal friends with the murder victims?

2. What happened to the passing stranger who was considered a suspect in the Clutter murders?

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

4. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?

5. What was Mr. Helm's job?

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