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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 do the locals describe Herb's wife as suffering from?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Drug addiction.
(c) Spells.
(d) Alcoholism.

2. Which individual is part Cherokee, with dark eyes, and a dark complexion?
(a) Perry Smith.
(b) Richard Clutter.
(c) Herb Clutter.
(d) Kenyon Clutter.

3. Why was Hickock sure that Smith would not have any problem with committing the murder?
(a) Because He himself had no difficulties with it.
(b) It was in the past, and they agreed to never look back.
(c) He knew Smith had no conscious.
(d) He thought Smith had murdered before.

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

5. Who was impressed by the number of people that attended the Clutter funeral?
(a) Gibson.
(b) Hickock.
(c) Smith.
(d) Dewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hickock and Smith went out on the boat, who did not go into the water?

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

3. What did Hickock know would make Smith the perfect partner for this criminal activity?

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

5. Where did Smith and Hickock meet Otto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What correction did Smith make to his confession?

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

4. Describe some events describing why Smith's childhood was difficult and unfortunate.

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

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

7. How do you think the police knew where to find Smith and Hickock?

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

9. Why did Hickock make a shiv in jail, and what did he hope to do with it?

10. 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.

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