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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. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?
(a) A treasure.
(b) A trap.
(c) A yellow parrot.
(d) A funeral.

2. Which two individual met at the drugstore the night of the murder?
(a) Nancy Clutter and Kenyon Clutter.
(b) Richard Hickock and Kenyon Clutter.
(c) Perry Smith and Richard Hickock.
(d) Perry Smith and Eveanna Clutter.

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

4. Which individual was found dead on top of the mattress box?
(a) Mrs. Clutter.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Kenyon.
(d) Mr. Clutter.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity did Nancy, Kenyon, and Herb do on their final night alive?

2. Which of the Clutter children did the town believe to be a genius?

3. Which individual is part Cherokee, with dark eyes, and a dark complexion?

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

5. Who joined the Merchant Marines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the court assign lawyers for Smith and Hickcock?

2. What convinced Hickock to take Smith along as a partner to complete the murders?

3. What did Smith's premonitions say to him?

4. What did Smith say right before he was executed?

5. Why did Hickock want to ditch the hitchhikers?

6. Why did Hickock study law while he awaited his execution?

7. What did Hickock say he believed even after he admitted that the he had some wrong information about the Clutters?

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

9. In what order did the sheriff, Mr. Ewalt and Mr. Hendricks find the victims?

10. What physical characteristic did Perry Smith and Richard Hickock share?

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