Reading Quiz In Cold Blood Part 2

How does Agent Alvin Dewey act regarding the case?

• He is very calm

• He is not a part of the case

• He has become obsessed

• He has not been given the case yet

How do the residents of Holcomb and Garden City behave differently toward each other after the murders?

• They are suspicious of each other

• They begin to lock their doors

• They go places in pairs or with others

• All options are correct

Perry claims there is one person who can link them back to the crime. Who is that person?

• Willie-Jay

• Floyd Wells

• Bobby Rupp

• Dick's father

Perry thinks about the time when he lived in an orphanage and the nuns beat him for wetting his bed. What image in his dream gave him relief?

• Beating the nuns with a flashlight

• A big, yellow parrot

• Killing the nuns

• A protective wolf

Since Dick and Perry have to walk or hitchhike, Perry boxes some belongings and mails them to himself in Las Vegas. What item does Perry pack that foreshadows the discovery of their connection to the crime?

• His books

• His boots

• His pictures

• His song lyrics

Tex Smith, Perry's father, writes a letter to the parole board that details Perry's upbringing. In the beginning, family life for Perry and his siblings was happy and normal. What does Tex claim created a turn for the worse for the children?

• Perry's mother died.

• Perry's mother leaves and begins drinking.

• Tex tries to kill Perry.

• Perry tries to kill his sister.

Who cleaned the Clutter house the day after the murders?

• Mrs. Helms, the housekeeper

• Herb's hunting buddies

• Myrtle Clare

• Susan Kidwell and Nancy Ewalt

Why had Alfred Stoecklein not heard the shotgun blasts?

• He had been in the barn, working with the cows.

• There had been a west wind that night.

• He and his wife were watching television.

• He was very hard of hearing.

What can be seen in one of the photographs that is the only link to the criminals?

• A fingerprint

• Rope and tape

• Stockings used as a face mask

• A footprint

Who is the first suspect?

• Alfred Stoecklein

• Bobby Rupp

• Alvin Dewey

• Andy Erhart