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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Hickock sure that Smith would not have any problem with committing the murder?
(a) He knew Smith had no conscious.
(b) He thought Smith had murdered before.
(c) It was in the past, and they agreed to never look back.
(d) Because He himself had no difficulties with it.

2. Which individual is part Cherokee, with dark eyes, and a dark complexion?
(a) Perry Smith.
(b) Richard Clutter.
(c) Kenyon Clutter.
(d) Herb Clutter.

3. Where did the bus drop Smith and Hickock off after they sold their car in Mexico?
(a) Acapulco.
(b) Barstow.
(c) Olathe.
(d) Las Vegas.

4. From which of the following does it say in the book that Herb abstained from?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Meat.
(d) Sex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a double-indemnity clause mean?

2. What was Mr. Helm's job?

3. Which of the Clutter children was somewhat eccentric?

4. Who did one of the agents find out had a negative business transaction with the Clutters and had made threats toward Herb?

5. Who had won blue ribbons for baking pies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What correction did Smith make to his confession?

2. Once in Florida, what was the only dream Smith felt he had left?

3. What did Hickock say he believed even after he admitted that the he had some wrong information about the Clutters?

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

5. How did Floyd Wells know who committed the murders of the Clutter family?

6. What was troubling about two of Smith's siblings?

7. Who wrote down the license plate number of the stolen car Smith and Hickock were driving, a 1956 Chevrolet?

8. With whom did Herb Clutter meet on the last day of his life, and what was the purpose of this meeting?

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

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

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