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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people attended the Clutter funeral?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 500.

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

3. Where did the bus drop Smith and Hickock off after they sold their car in Mexico?
(a) Acapulco.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Barstow.
(d) Olathe.

4. What happened to the passing stranger who was considered a suspect in the Clutter murders?
(a) He escaped before anyone could determine his involvement.
(b) He was cleared of the murders.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) He claimed the life insurance money and left.

5. What is the name of the oldest Clutter's child?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Eveanna.
(c) Kenyon.
(d) Beverly.

6. 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) It fell into the ocean.
(d) His father continued running it without Smith.

7. How did Hickock and Smith meet?
(a) As inmates at the Texas State Penitentiary.
(b) As inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary.
(c) At the Clutters' house.
(d) At the drugstore.

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

9. What did Smith and Hickock do to a 1949 Chevrolet sedan?
(a) Crashed it.
(b) Stole it.
(c) Gave it a tune-up.
(d) Washed it.

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

11. What was Mr. Helm's job?
(a) FBI Agent.
(b) Caretaker.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Funeral Director.

12. Which individual believed that treasure hunting was an unrealistic fantasy?
(a) Hickock.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Helm.
(d) Smith.

13. What does a double-indemnity clause mean?
(a) If the person is murdered, the pay out is tripled.
(b) If the person dies by accident, the pay out is doubled.
(c) If the person dies of a disease, the pay out is doubled.
(d) If the person dies by accident, the pay out is tripled.

14. Who was the prime suspect for the murders at the end of Part 1 of In Cold Blood?
(a) Richard Hickock.
(b) Bobby Rupp.
(c) Larry Hendricks.
(d) Susan Kidwell.

15. Why was Agent Dewey unable to sleep while working on the Clutter case?
(a) His mind was always on the Clutter case.
(b) His agents needed his attention at night.
(c) His wife complained about how much time he was working.
(d) He was hunting for Smith and Hickock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two states did Smith and Hickock travel through before they made their way to Mexico?

2. How many people had Hickock murdered before the Clutter crime?

3. Once Smith and Hickock met on the night of the murders, where did they drive?

4. Why was a passing stranger considered a suspect in the Clutter murders?

5. Where were Smith and Hickcock trying to go when they came back from the states from Mexico?

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