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

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

3. Which investigator was personal friends with the murder victims?
(a) Agent Dewey.
(b) Agent Church.
(c) Agent Duntz.
(d) Agent Nye.

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

5. Who claimed Smith is a good person who had not gotten any breaks?
(a) His father.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Hickock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two individual met at the drugstore the night of the murder?

2. Which individual was a rodeo-performer at one time?

3. Mrs. Clutter experienced depression after which event?

4. Why did Smith and Hickock sell their stolen car in Mexico?

5. River Valley Farm did not contain which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Smith and Hickock head for the post office when they finally made it back to Las Vegas?

2. What caused the apparent psychiatric disorders from which Bonnie Clutter suffered?

3. Why did Smith say he cut Mr. Clutter's throat?

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

5. Why was Nancy Clutter admired for her energy and industry?

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

7. Who did Hickock blame for the crimes after he and Smith were arrested in Las Vegas?

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

9. Why did Larry Hendrick accompany Mr. Ewalt back to the Clutter house when the murders were discovered?

10. Why did Smith and Hickock's lawyer's think they could keep their clients from being hung?

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