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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item did Smith ship from Mexico which helped to incriminate him?

2. Where did the police find the shotgun cartridges, cord and tape that were used in the Clutter murders?

3. What did Hickock want to do to Nancy before killing her?

4. How much money did Smith and Hickock steal from the Clutters?

5. What did the detectives tell both Smith and Hickock existed, regarding the Clutter case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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