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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which individual believed that treasure hunting was an unrealistic fantasy?

2. Which of the Clutter children was somewhat eccentric?

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

4. What was the breakfast Herb had on his last day alive?

5. What was wrong with Smith's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Smith hope to pay back all of the people he and Hickock had taken advantage of through their criminal activities?

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

3. What characteristic did Willie-Jay and Richard Hickock both see in Perry Smith?

4. Why did Smith give Mrs. Meier an old photograph of himself when he was sixteen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Jones identified Smith as having a mental disorder. In your opinion, would a mental hospital have been a better judgment for Smith? Why or why not? Use information from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how the author in this text uses foreshadowing. Provide specific examples from the text to support the information contained in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the major themes from this book. Write an essay describing the theme. Include supporting details from the text which show how this theme is developed throughout the book.

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