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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following was not one of the good qualities Willie Jay saw in Smith?
(a) Explosive emotional reactions.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Poetic imagination.
(d) Friendship.

3. Which individual was a rodeo-performer at one time?
(a) Richard Clutter.
(b) Kenyon Clutter.
(c) Perry Smith.
(d) Nancy Clutter.

4. What do the locals describe Herb's wife as suffering from?
(a) Drug addiction.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Spells.

5. Who lead the investigation into the Clutter murders?
(a) Agent Duntz.
(b) Agent Church.
(c) Agent Dewey.
(d) Agent Nye.

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

7. Which of the Clutter children did the town believe to be a genius?
(a) Kenyon.
(b) Eveanna.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Beverly.

8. Which of the Clutter children was somewhat eccentric?
(a) Kenyon.
(b) Beverly.
(c) Eveanna.
(d) Nancy.

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

10. Why did Smith and Hickock sell their stolen car in Mexico?
(a) The police were looking for the car.
(b) They were out of money.
(c) Someone offerred them a lot of money for it.
(d) It did not work anymore.

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

12. Who went to the Clutter household every Sunday morning?
(a) Perry Smith.
(b) Susan Kidwell.
(c) Nancy Ewalt.
(d) Richard Hickock.

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

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

15. Where were Kenyon and Mr. Clutter's bodies found after the murder?
(a) The dining room.
(b) Their bedrooms.
(c) The living room.
(d) The basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "A History of My Boy's Life"?

2. Who was the prime suspect for the murders at the end of Part 1 of In Cold Blood?

3. Who joined the Merchant Marines?

4. What happened to the lodge that Smith and his father built and ran in Alaska?

5. Which individual was in a car accident that left his face crooked?

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