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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 murder victim did the Sherriff, Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Ewalt find first?
2. Which of the Clutter children did the town believe to be a genius?
3. What did Hickock do to get some money for himself and Smith?
4. How did Hickock and Smith meet?
5. What was one of the former jobs of Alvin Dewey?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Smith and Hickock head for the post office when they finally made it back to Las Vegas?
2. In what order did the sheriff, Mr. Ewalt and Mr. Hendricks find the victims?
3. What did Smith say right before he was executed?
4. Who wrote down the license plate number of the stolen car Smith and Hickock were driving, a 1956 Chevrolet?
5. In what way does Capote set the scene in Part 1 of In Cold Blood?
6. With whom did Herb Clutter meet on the last day of his life, and what was the purpose of this meeting?
7. Why was the car that Smith and Hickock drive to Mexico weighed down?
8. What did Smith do with the squirrel that visited him in his cell?
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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about capital punishment. Use information from the book to provide supporting details for or against capital punishment.
Essay Topic 2
Would Smith and Hickock have been executed today? Explain and justify your answer with specific details from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Use Capote's detailed description of the execution to write an essay on descriptive language and its effects on the reader. Include personal feelings and reactions as you read this portion of the text.
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