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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. How old was Richard Hickock the night of the murders?

2. What happened to the passing stranger who was considered a suspect in the Clutter murders?

3. Which investigator was personal friends with the murder victims?

4. What did Hickock finally admit to Smith about the crime?

5. What did Smith and Hickock do to a 1949 Chevrolet sedan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Hickock study law while he awaited his execution?

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

4. What caused the apparent psychiatric disorders from which Bonnie Clutter suffered?

5. Why did the court assign lawyers for Smith and Hickcock?

6. Since childhood, what reoccured for Smith?

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

8. Where did Smith and Hickock find their next stolen car, a 1956 Chevrolet?

9. Where did the townsfolk go to vent about the murder in their small town?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing journalistic integrity. Include supporting details from this book which both support Capote as having a journalistic integrity and deny his journalistic integrity.

Essay Topic 2

Create a comparative essay between the individuals, Hickock and Smith. Include personality, social, physical and other traits which can be used to compare the two individuals and use specific details from the text to support your comparison.

Essay Topic 3

Would Smith and Hickock have been executed today? Explain and justify your answer with specific details from the text.

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