In Cold Blood Unit Test

Mrs. Scudder
Names__________________

Circle the correct answer.

1. Where is the trial held?

(A) Garden City
(B) Holcomb
(C) Washington
(D) Las Vegas

2. Where are Perry and Dick arrested?

(A) Holcomb
(B) Garden City
(C) Chicago
(D) Las Vegas

3. How long do Dick and Perry spend on death row?

(A) Two months
(B) Two years
(C) Five years
(D) Seven Years

4. Dick learned of the Clutter family from whom?

(A) Floyd Wells
(B) Willie-Jay
(C) Duane Reds
(D) Frank Kermode

5. What is the name of the KBI agent in charge of the

investigation?
(A) Harold Nye
(B) Wild Bill Hickock
(C) Clarence Duntz
(D) Alvin Dewey

6. How are Dick and Perry Finally Executed?

(A) Lethal injection
(B) Hung
(C) Electric chair
(D) Shot

7. The McNaughten Rule specifies that

(A) two men can be tried together
(B) sanity is the ability to tell right from wrong
(C) prisoners can be extradited from one state to another
(D) the accused need not testify against himself

8. The yellow parrot seemed to symbolize

(A) a saviour
(B) the evil doom
(C) Bonnie’s ghost
(D) The nun’s kindness

9. Perry’s father
(A) died of cancer during the trial.
(B) Attended the trial with Perry’s mother
(C) Lived in Alaska
(D)Unwittingly gave a clue to the police

10. Lawmen were puzzled by

(A) the broken window
(B) the disappearance of Kenyon’s radio
(C) the ransom note
(D) signs of “gentle concern” for the victims

Character Identification: Match the correct character with each

statement.

1. Investigator on the case a. Perry Smith

2. Confessed to all four murders b. Floyed Smith
3. Prosperous farmer c. Alvin Dewey
4. Head injury in childhood accident d. Dick
Hickock
5. Gave vital clue to police e. Bobby Rupp
6. An early suspect f. Herb
Clutter

True or False.

1. The killers thought their arrest was for bad checks and
 parole violation
2. Perry’s sister was an important character witness
3. The men had a brief trial and were hanged shortly
after.
4. The defense attorneys were appointed by the court
5. Marie had a dream about Bonnie’s ghost.
6. Nancy’s good looks had set the killers on the trail.
7. Dick repeated that he was “normal.”
8. The safe contained less cash than the killers expected.
9. Perry tried to starve himself to death in prison
10.Dick’s Parents’ were divorced when he was a child.

Answer in complete sentences.

1. How are Perry and Dick victims of their own live?

Explain.

2. Why does Dewey feel oddly “let down” after the

executions?

3. How does the peaceful setting contrast the

murderers actions?

4. How might the plot change had Perry located Willie

– Jay?