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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hickock know would make Smith the perfect partner for this criminal activity?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Poetic imagination.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Explosive emotional reactions.

2. Which individual believed that treasure hunting was an unrealistic fantasy?
(a) Smith.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Hickock.
(d) Helm.

3. Where were Kenyon and Mr. Clutter's bodies found after the murder?
(a) The living room.
(b) The basement.
(c) The dining room.
(d) Their bedrooms.

4. Which of the Clutter children did the town believe to be a genius?
(a) Eveanna.
(b) Kenyon.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Nancy.

5. Which investigator was personal friends with the murder victims?
(a) Agent Duntz.
(b) Agent Dewey.
(c) Agent Nye.
(d) Agent Church.

6. What was one of the former jobs of Alvin Dewey?
(a) Sheriff of Kansas City.
(b) Mayor of Finney County.
(c) Sheriff of Finney County.
(d) Sheriff of Olathe Kansas.

7. Who went to the Clutter household every Sunday morning?
(a) Perry Smith.
(b) Nancy Ewalt.
(c) Susan Kidwell.
(d) Richard Hickock.

8. Who joined the Merchant Marines?
(a) Smith.
(b) Smith's father.
(c) Smith's mother.
(d) Smith's sister.

9. Who was impressed by the number of people that attended the Clutter funeral?
(a) Gibson.
(b) Hickock.
(c) Smith.
(d) Dewey.

10. Which individual was found dead on top of the mattress box?
(a) Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Clutter.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Mrs. Clutter.

11. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?
(a) A trap.
(b) A treasure.
(c) A yellow parrot.
(d) A funeral.

12. When did Smith's recurring nightmare begin?
(a) In his late teens.
(b) After the murders.
(c) In childhood.
(d) In jail.

13. Who had won blue ribbons for baking pies?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Eveanna.
(c) Kenyon.
(d) Beverly.

14. Which individual is shown to be primarily a schemer and a con man?
(a) Perry Hickock.
(b) Richard Hickock.
(c) Perry Smith.
(d) Nancy Clutter.

15. Where did Smith and Hickock meet Otto?
(a) Acapulco.
(b) Texas.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Clutter's children was known as the town darling?

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

3. Mrs. Clutter experienced depression after which event?

4. Who was Herb's wife?

5. Which two individual met at the drugstore the night of the murder?

(see the answer keys)

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