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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. Why does Perry Smith suffer from chronic pain?
(a) He was in an accident where his arms were broken in four places.
(b) He was in an accident where his legs were broken in five places.
(c) He was in an accident where his legs were broken in four places.
(d) He was in an accident where his arms were broken in five places.

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

3. How many children did the Clutter's have?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

5. What did Hickock know would make Smith the perfect partner for this criminal activity?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Explosive emotional reactions.
(c) Poetic imagination.
(d) Friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Smith and Hickock first hear about their crime after it was commited?

2. Which individual was found dead on top of the mattress box?

3. How old was Alvin Adams Dewey in Part 2 of In Cold Blood?

4. What was Smith's sister's name?

5. Who was the prime suspect for the murders at the end of Part 1 of In Cold Blood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Hickock find his and Smith's destination, the Clutter house, on the night of the murders?

3. How did Floyd Wells know who committed the murders of the Clutter family?

4. On what did the doctor blame much of Smith's mental health damage?

5. Why did Mrs. Meier develop an affection for Smith?

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

7. What did Smith and Hickock do right after the Cutter murders?

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

9. Who found the Clutters after they had been murdered, and what led to this discovery?

10. What role did Dewey think the newly acquired life insurance policy had on the murder?

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