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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 term best describes how Dewey described the motive at his first press conference?

2. What was Mr. Helm's job?

3. What did Kenyon spend hours in the basement doing?

4. What memento did Smith save from his sister?

5. River Valley Farm did not contain which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Larry Hendrick accompany Mr. Ewalt back to the Clutter house when the murders were discovered?

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

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

8. How did Barbara feel about her brother?

9. Since childhood, what reoccured for Smith?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the title, In Cold Blood. Is it appropriate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about capital punishment. Use information from the book to provide supporting details for or against capital punishment.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the problem or main conflict existing for Smith within this book. Explain in detail how this conflict was or was not resolved.

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