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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Alvin Adams Dewey in Part 2 of In Cold Blood?
(a) 57.
(b) 74.
(c) 47.
(d) 37.

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

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

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

5. Which two states did Smith and Hickock travel through before they made their way to Mexico?
(a) Arizona and Texas.
(b) New Mexico and Arizona.
(c) Arizona and Oklahoma.
(d) Oklahoma and Texas.

6. How many of the C;utter children were still living at home at the time of the murders?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

8. 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.

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

10. Which term best describes the evidence upon which the case could be built after Dewey first took over the investigation?
(a) He expected to make an arrest within the week.
(b) Overwhelming evidence.
(c) Clear evidence; it was just a matter of time before an arrest would be made.
(d) Little to no evidence.

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

12. Where were Smith and Hickcock trying to go when they came back from the states from Mexico?
(a) Texas.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) California.

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

14. Who concluded that Smith and his sister could have no relationship?
(a) Hickock.
(b) Willie-Jay.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Dewey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the small drugstore that is described in part one of In Cold Blood?

2. Why does Perry Smith suffer from chronic pain?

3. In Smith's nightmare, what always saved him in the end?

4. What did Hickock finally admit to Smith about the crime?

5. How did Smith and Hickock continue to earn money in Mexico?

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