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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. Where did Smith and Hickock first hear about their crime after it was commited?
(a) From town gossips.
(b) On the radio.
(c) From a premonition.
(d) In the newspaper.

2. Which of the Clutter children did the town believe to be a genius?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Kenyon.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Eveanna.

3. Who did Agent Dewey believe committed the crime?
(a) A pair of men; one who knew the family and his accomplice.
(b) A pair of men who did not know the family at all.
(c) A father and son team who had a business transaction with the Clutters.
(d) Bobby Rupp.

4. When did Smith's recurring nightmare begin?
(a) In his late teens.
(b) After the murders.
(c) In childhood.
(d) In jail.

5. Who had won blue ribbons for baking pies?
(a) Eveanna.
(b) Beverly.
(c) Kenyon.
(d) Nancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did one of the agents find out had a negative business transaction with the Clutters and had made threats toward Herb?

2. Who went to the Clutter household every Sunday morning?

3. How old was Herb Clutter when he died?

4. What do the locals describe Herb's wife as suffering from?

5. About how far away from the Clutter's town is the drug store?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened while Mr. Helm was pruning the flowers in the Clutters' garden?

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

5. Who wrote down the license plate number of the stolen car Smith and Hickock were driving, a 1956 Chevrolet?

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

7. Explain some of the details of Smith's dream.

8. What did Smith do with the squirrel that visited him in his cell?

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

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

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