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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. Who concluded that Smith and his sister could have no relationship?
(a) Dewey.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Hickock.
(d) Willie-Jay.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following is not an accurate description of Herb Clutter?
(a) Bad business sense.
(b) Frugal.
(c) No-nonsense.
(d) Spartan.

4. Which of the following was not an event completed by Nancy?
(a) Playing with her cat.
(b) Teaching neighbor girl to bake a cherry pie.
(c) Getting gas in her car.
(d) Talking on the phone to her best friend.

5. In Smith's nightmare, what always saved him in the end?
(a) A yellow, parrot-like bird.
(b) A green, finch-like bird.
(c) A green, parrot-like bird.
(d) A yellow, finch-like bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hickock do to get some money for himself and Smith?

2. Why did at least one family decide to leave Holcomb after the murders?

3. Which individual was found dead on top of the mattress box?

4. What happened to the lodge that Smith and his father built and ran in Alaska?

5. When did Smith's recurring nightmare begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Smith's premonitions say to him?

2. When one of Dewey's agents turned up a father and son who completed business with the Clutters, why were they considered suspects even for a very short period of time?

3. Who was able to secure Hickock and Smith some money after the murders?

4. How did Smith hope to pay back all of the people he and Hickock had taken advantage of through their criminal activities?

5. Why did Smith and Hickock's lawyer's think they could keep their clients from being hung?

6. What happened to the request to abolish the verdict for Smith and Hickock?

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

8. What event happened to help Smith to feel less lonely while awaiting his trial?

9. How did Barbara feel about her brother?

10. Who found the Clutters after they had been murdered, and what led to this discovery?

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