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In Cold Blood - Part 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who murdered the Clutter family?

a)

Perry Smith and Willie Jay

b)

Clarence Duntz and George Dzundza

c)

Dick Hickock and Perry Smith

d)

Floyd Wells and Dick Hickock

2.

2. When and where were the murders committed?

a)

Saturday, November 1, 1958 in Garden City, Kansas

b)

Sunday, November 15, 1959 in Holcomb, Kansas

c)

Saturday, November 14, 1959 in Fort Scott, Kansas

d)

Sunday, November 15, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas

3.

Who were the victims?

a)

Beverly, Bonnie, Eveanna and Herbert Clutter

b)

Herbert, Beverly, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter

c)

Herbert, Bonnie, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter

d)

Bonnie, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter and Vere English

4.

Who discovered the murders?

a)

Mr. Ewalt, Susan Kidwell and Larry Hendricks

b)

Larry Hendricks and Wendell Meier

c)

Bobby Rupp and Nancy Ewalt

d)

Susan Kidwell and Nancy Ewalt

5.

8. Why was it complicated for Nancy Clutter and Bobby Rupp to be boyfriend and girlfriend?

a)

Bobby could not afford to buy Nancy presents or take her to the movies

b)

Bobby was Catholic; the Clutters were Methodist

c)

Nancy's father didn't like Bobby at all

d)

Nancy was jealous of anyone Bobby talked to

6.

What is to blame for the disfigurement of Dick's face?

a)

He was born that way

b)

A car accident

c)

A prison fight

d)

An accident with farming equipment

7.

Where were the bodies of Mr. Clutter and Kenyon found?

a)

In the backyard

b)

In the basement

c)

In their bedrooms

d)

In the living room

8.

True or False: Once the murderers killed the Clutter Family, they shot themselves.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

"Ineffable" means...

a)

not easily upset

b)

too great or extreme to be expressed in words

c)

producing good results

d)

producing bad result

10.

Which vocabulary word means "not easily upset or excited"?

a)

ineffable

b)

harangue

c)

coterie

d)

placid

11.

"Beneficence" means...

a)

the quality of producing something quickly

b)

the quality of producing something slowly

c)

the quality of producing something bad

d)

the quality of producing something good

12.

Which vocabulary word means "friendly and cheerful"?

a)

equanimity

b)

genial

c)

reticent

d)

ineffable

13.

Who, ironically, did Mr. Clutter meet with the night before his death?

a)

Dick Hickock

b)

Perry Smith

c)

a life insurance agent

d)

Nancy's English teacher

14.

What was different about the way Mr. Clutter was killed?

a)

His neck was slit

b)

He was not shot

c)

He was left in his bed

d)

He was taken outside