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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Mr. Helm see in Mrs. Clutter's window?
(a) A shotgun and knife.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Someone inside.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

10. How did Smith and Hickock continue to earn money in Mexico?
(a) By selling stolen goods.
(b) Hunting for treasure.
(c) Writing bad checks.
(d) Murder for hire.

11. Who claimed Smith should stop blaming everyone else for his problems and accept the responsibility himself?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Dewey.
(c) His father.
(d) Betty.

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

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

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

15. Which term best describes how Dewey described the motive at his first press conference?
(a) Clear.
(b) Wrapped up in the purchase of the life insurance policy.
(c) Unclear.
(d) Concise.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does it say in the book that Herb abstained from?

2. Who concluded that Smith and his sister could have no relationship?

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

4. Who was Herb's wife?

5. Which individual believed that treasure hunting was an unrealistic fantasy?

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