NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsIn Cold Blood
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does the village of Holcomb stand?
a)
On the high wheat plains of Western Kansas
b)
In the lowlands of East Texas
c)
In Tornado Alley
d)
Among the oil rigs of West Texas
2.
What did Mr. Clutter not allow his workers to do?
a)
Dance
b)
Drink and smoke
c)
Go home on weekends
d)
Talk to Nancy
3.
Where did Mr. Clutter and Kenyon go the afternoon before the murder?
a)
The post office
b)
The hardware store
c)
4-H meeting
d)
Church
4.
How many times has Dick been married?
a)
Never
b)
Once
c)
Three times
d)
Twice
5.
Nancy taught Jolene how to...
a)
Dress a turkey
b)
Bake a pie
c)
Quilt
d)
Ride Babe
6.
Which of the following best describes Mrs. Clutter?
a)
Active and involved in the community
b)
Brooding and depressive
c)
Naive and juvenile
d)
Angry and quick to snap
7.
Who were the first to discover the murdered family?
a)
Susan Kidwell and Nancy Ewalt
b)
Dewey and Nye
c)
Mr. and Mrs. Ashida
d)
Bobby and Jolene
8.
Where did Dick tell his parents he was going with Perry overnight?
a)
Gambling in Kansas City
b)
To get a check from Perry's sister
c)
Mexico
d)
Holcomb
9.
What did Perry want to buy from a nun?
a)
Black stockings
b)
A crucifix
c)
A habit
d)
Cigarettes
10.
Who was the last person to leave the Clutter home before the murder?
a)
Susan
b)
Jolene
c)
Bobby
d)
Mrs. Ashida
11.
What story does Dick use to pass his checks on November 19th?
a)
Perry is getting married
b)
He left his wallet with cash at home
c)
He's a friend of Mr. Clutter's
d)
He's a traveling salesman
12.
What does Dewey note as strange about the mattress box?
a)
It didn't have any blood on it
b)
The address on it wasn't the Clutter address
c)
It was set under Mr. Clutter as if to make him more comfortable
d)
It was burned at one edge
13.
Which of the following clues makes Bobby a suspect?
a)
Nancy's diary
b)
A bloody footprint
c)
A missing radio
d)
a pair of binoculars
14.
Who interpreted Perry's sister's letter for him?
a)
Dick
b)
Floyd
c)
Red
d)
Willie-Jay
15.
How was the case finally broken open?
a)
Dewey found the boots in Mexico City
b)
The men were caught at the border
c)
The checks were traced back to Dick
d)
A former cellmate of Dick's came forward
16.
How did Floyd first hear about the Clutter murders?
a)
The newpaper
b)
A cellmate
c)
The warden
d)
The radio
17.
What did Perry and his father build in Alaska?
a)
A gold mine
b)
A car
c)
A hunting lodge
d)
A grocery store
18.
How was Perry injured?
a)
Rodeo accident
b)
Dick hit him with the car
c)
Motorcycle accident
d)
Prison fight
19.
Why was Nye at the Hickock home?
a)
They were old friends
b)
He was trying to get information on the Clutter case
c)
He was looking for the gun
d)
He was investigating insurance fraud
20.
What did Nye tell Hickock's parents he was investigating?
a)
Insurance fraud
b)
The Clutter murder
c)
Bounced checks
d)
Perry Smith
21.
What did Nye find by the door of the Hickock home?
a)
A shotgun
b)
A bloody knife
c)
a role of tape
d)
A photo of Hickock
22.
Which of the following cities did Nye NOT visit looking for information on Dick and Perry?
a)
San Francisco
b)
Omaha
c)
Las Vegas
d)
Kansas City
23.
What had Perry sold to buy his bus ticket?
a)
A car
b)
A motorcycle
c)
A bear rug
d)
A shotgun
24.
Why was the landlady expecting Perry to return to the boardinghouse?
a)
He owed her money
b)
He still had a friend there
c)
He left a package there
d)
She was holding money for him
25.
What has Barbara, Perry's sister, not told her brother?
a)
She is married
b)
She thinks he is a bad person
c)
She has children
d)
She moved
26.
What did Barbara say to explain her estrangement from her brother?
a)
He wrote an angry letter to her
b)
He fought with their father
c)
She is afraid of him
d)
He is an alcoholic
27.
Why does Perry blame his father for how he turned out?
a)
His father beat him
b)
They lived in Alaska
c)
He didn't let him go to school
d)
His father is uneducated
28.
Why did Dick decide they had to leave Mexico?
a)
Jobs didn't pay enough
b)
They cops were on their trail
c)
He couldn't write hot checks
d)
He stole money from a woman
29.
How did Floyd know the Clutters?
a)
He was a mailman in Holcomb
b)
He worked for them several years back
c)
He was part of the 4-H club
d)
He had only hear of them from others
30.
After they picked up the boy and the old man, how did the group make some extra money?
a)
Singing in a club
b)
Collecting bottles from the roadside
c)
Making the boy beg for money
d)
Selling the old man's medicine
31.
What was in the box Perry picked up at the post office shortly before they were arrested?
a)
The boots
b)
The binoculars
c)
The radio
d)
The gun
32.
How did Dick end up in jail the first time?
a)
Robbing a store
b)
Killed a man with his bare hands
c)
Pushed an officer off of a bridge
d)
Writing hot checks
33.
Which of the following details does Dick's interrogator point out as false?
a)
They spent the night with prostitutes
b)
They stayed in a seedy hotel
c)
They went to the post office to look for Perry's sister
d)
They bought liquor from a local story
34.
What revelation leads to Dick's confession?
a)
The picture of the boot prints
b)
The news that Perry already confessed
c)
The realization that Nye spike to his parents
d)
The fact that they found the radio in Mexico City
35.
According to Perry, who did he kill?
a)
Nancy and Bonnie
b)
Nancy and Kenyon
c)
Kenyon and Bonnie
d)
Mr. Clutter and Kenyon
36.
Why was Perry housed in the woman's jail?
a)
The other cells were all filled up
b)
He was so short, they were afraid he'd get beat up
c)
He was too dangerous to be with the other inmates
d)
So he couldn't talk to Dick
37.
What revelation leads to Perry's confession?
a)
Dick told the detectives Perry killed a black man with his own hands
b)
Dewey showed Perry the boot prints
c)
Perry was given a letter from Barbara
d)
Perry saw Hickock being interrogated
38.
Who was a character witness for Perry?
a)
His father
b)
A prison doctor
c)
A psychiatrist
d)
An old Army buddy
39.
What "secret" did Dick not tell the detectives?
a)
He really killed them all
b)
He often heard imaginary voices
c)
He had wanted to rape Nancy
d)
He took the radio
40.
What pet did Perry keep in his cell?
a)
A rabbit
b)
A cat
c)
A squirrel
d)
A dog
41.
Which of the following is NOT a reason the attorney's gave for not requesting a change of venue?
a)
This is a Christian community
b)
A local minister preached against the death penalty
c)
The judge wouldn't allow it
d)
All they can hope for is to avoid capital punishment
42.
What did the airport employee say about the death penalty?
a)
In this case he would support it
b)
He didn't see what the fuss was about
c)
He would never support it
d)
He didn't know what it was
43.
What did Dick claim about the judge?
a)
He had been a pall-bearer at the Clutter funeral
b)
He was related to Mr. Clutter
c)
He was paid by the Clutter relatives to find him guilty
d)
He was known as a "hanging judge"
44.
What did the defense try to insinuate when Floyd was on the stand?
a)
He didn't really know Mr. Clutter
b)
He had received money from Dick for information
c)
He never really met Dick Hickock
d)
He put Dick up to it on purpose
45.
How did Perry want to change his confession statement?
a)
To say he didn't kill anyone
b)
To claim there really was a safe
c)
To say he committed all of the murders
d)
To say Hickock raped Nancy
46.
What did Hickock's father say caused his son to "change?"
a)
The Army
b)
Prison
c)
His wife
d)
Head injuries
47.
What could Dr. Jones not say on the stand?
a)
Dick suffered from mental illness. Perry did not.
b)
Both Dick and Perry were mentally sound.
c)
Perry suffered from mental illness. Dick did not.
d)
Both Dick and Perry suffered from mental illness.
48.
What does Dr. Jones believe Perry represents?
a)
A serial killer
b)
An irrational murderer
c)
An innocent victim
d)
A manipulator
49.
Andrews' case was used to challenge...
a)
The McNaughton Rule
b)
The Durham Rule
c)
The Clutter case verdict
d)
The death penalty as a whole
50.
Why did Perry dislike Andrews?
a)
Andrews was uneducated
b)
Andrews corrected his grammar
c)
Andrews was let off death row
d)
Andrews had made friends with Dick
Reset
