Quiz - Part I

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In Cold Blood Part 1

Name_____________________________

True or False

_____1. The murders take place in Topeka, Kansas.

_____2. Herb Clutter always kept at least $500 in his safe.

_____3. Myrtle Clare at first thinks Bonnie committed the murders.

_____4. According to Capote, the shot-gun blasts claimed four lives.

_____5. Nancy keeps smelling alcohol on her father’s breath.

_____6. Kenyon calls his truck the Love Machine.

_____7. Bobbie Rupp becomes the principle suspect.

_____8. Dick Hickock has a Cherokee Indian mother and an Irish father.

_____9. According to the terms of his parole, Perry was to stay out of Kansas.

_____10. Herb approved of his daughter’s relationship with Bobby Rupp.

Matching

_____1. Suffered bouts of Depression A. Dick Hickock

_____2. Was the family member who B. Kenyon

Seemed to good to be true

_____3. Was a loner having only one C. Herb Clutter

Close friend

_____4. Felt that Willie-Jay was a God- D. Nancy

Like figure.

_____5. Had a habit of calling his friend E. Bonnie Clutter

Feminine nicknames.

_____6. Used checks rather than money F. Perry Smith

_____7. Nancy’s horse G. Bobby Rupp

_____8. Nancy’s boyfriend H. Babe

Multiple Choice

_____1. Teddy’s main drawback as a watchdog is that

A. He bites strangers

B. He is afraid of guns

C. He is too friendly

D. He is blind

_____2. Perry and Herb Clutter have in common that

They are both part Cherokee

Neither was born in Kansas

Neither drinks coffee

Both suffer from headaches

_____3. Dick is convinced that Perry is

A natural born killer

Too sentenimental

Afraid to kill anyone

Secretly in love with him

_____4. The Clutters are

Catholic

Baptist

Methodist

Atheist

_____5. Perry drew a picture of

Willie Jay

Jesus

A parrot

Dick

 

 

 

_____6. Both Dick and Perry had

Gone to college

Been orphaned as children

Been in traffic accidents

Worked for Herb Clutter

_____7. The day before the murders Herb Clutter had

Bought more life insurance

Bought a new tractor

Sold his farm

Bought the Ashida’s farm

_____8. Perry’s secret reason for returning to Kansas is to

Visit his sister

Celebrate Dick’s birthday

See Willie Jay

Rob a bank

_____9. After the murders, the members of the community

Draw closer together

Move away from Holcomb

Offer a reward

Become fearful and suspicious of one another

_____10. On Saturday, November 14, the one thing Nancy did not do is

Teach a little girl ow to bake a pie

Go to a 4-H meeting

Give a music lesson

Sew on a dress

Short Essay

Describe either Dick or Perry.

 

 

 

 

Describe how each of the Clutter’s was killed.