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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which individual was in a car accident that left his face crooked?
(a) Richard Hickock.
(b) Herb Clutter.
(c) Perry Hickock.
(d) Perry Smith.

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

3. Who did Agent Dewey believe committed the crime?
(a) A pair of men; one who knew the family and his accomplice.
(b) A father and son team who had a business transaction with the Clutters.
(c) Bobby Rupp.
(d) A pair of men who did not know the family at all.

4. Which of the Clutter's children was known as the town darling?
(a) Beverly.
(b) Kenyon.
(c) Eveanna
(d) Nancy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Nancy's boyfriend?

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

3. When did Smith's recurring nightmare begin?

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

5. Why are the initials on the binoculars important?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event happened to help Smith to feel less lonely while awaiting his trial?

2. How did Smith hope to pay back all of the people he and Hickock had taken advantage of through their criminal activities?

3. Who wrote down the license plate number of the stolen car Smith and Hickock were driving, a 1956 Chevrolet?

4. It was because of whose relationship with the Clutters that they end up murdered?

5. What did Smith do with the squirrel that visited him in his cell?

6. Why was the car that Smith and Hickock drive to Mexico weighed down?

7. Who was able to secure Hickock and Smith some money after the murders?

8. In Part 2 of In Cold Blood, why did the hotel manager assume Smith would be returning to the hotel?

9. How long did Smith and Hickock wait for their execution?

10. Why did Hickock want to ditch the hitchhikers?

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