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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 Smith's sister's name?
(a) Gibson.
(b) Otto.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Barbara.

2. How did Smith expect to get the money to pay back everyone he and Hickock had conned?
(a) Traveling across the country.
(b) Finding sunken treasure in Mexico.
(c) Money from the murder of the Clutters.
(d) Working hard in Mexico as a mechanic.

3. What apparently was used to kill all of the murder victims?
(a) A bat.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Knives.
(d) A gun.

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

5. Where did Mrs. Clutter spend the majority of her time?
(a) In a closet.
(b) In her sewing room.
(c) In bed.
(d) In the barn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What memento did Smith save from his sister?

3. Why are the initials on the binoculars important?

4. How many children did the Clutter's have?

5. How did Hickock and Smith meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. When one of Dewey's agents turned up a father and son who completed business with the Clutters, why were they considered suspects even for a very short period of time?

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

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

4. What did Hickock think of Smith's treasure hunting plans?

5. Explain at least two things that happened to Dewey which some might think would be positive events in an investigation, but in this case lead nowhere.

6. With whom did Herb Clutter meet on the last day of his life, and what was the purpose of this meeting?

7. What was the last thing Capote describes Nancy as doing before her death?

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

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

10. In what way does Capote set the scene in Part 1 of In Cold Blood?

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