In Cold Blood Quizzes

In Cold Blood Quiz 1

1 How many children do the Clutters have?
Three

Six

Four

Two
2 What is the supposed medical cause of Bonnie Clutter's depression?
Hormonal imbalance

Misplaced vertebrae

Mental illness

Nerve damage
3 Why won't Herb consider allowing Nancy to marry Bobby?
The Rupps are Catholic, and the Clutters are Methodist.

Herb doesn't get along with Bobby’s father.

He does not believe Bobby will be able to support Nancy.

He doesn't like Bobby.
4 What does Nancy teach Jolene Katz to do?
Ride a horse

Play the trumpet

Math problems

Bake a cherry pie
5 Which of the following is NOT one of Nancy's activites?
Playing the clarinet

Young Methodists' League

Tennis

Class office
6 What is Dick's occupation?
Store clerk

Car salesman

Auto mechnanic

Custodian
7 What is to blame for the disfigurement of Dick's face?
He was born that way

A car accident

An accident with farming equipment

A prison fight
8 Who is Cookie?
A waitress Perry met in Honolulu

A prostitute from Yokohama

Perry's high school girlfriend

Perry's nurse in the Washington State hospital
9 Why has Kenyon been spending so much time alone?
He has been busy with schoolwork.

His best friend has started "going with a girl."

Herb has grounded him for smoking.

He is depressed.
10 For whom is Kenyon building the chest in the basement?
His sister Beverly, who is getting married

Nancy, whose birthday is next week

Himself

His parents, whose wedding anniversary is approaching
11 Who is Willie-Jay?
Perry's friend from the Kansas State Penitentiary, who called him "exceptional"

Perry's friend from Washington, who took care of him after his hospitalization

A Reverend who taught Perry about Christianity

Perry's oldest friend from childhood
12 Why does Perry originally return to Kansas City?
To find his father

To speak with Floyd Wells

To meet with Reverend Post

To reconnect with Willie-Jay
13 What is Herb Clutter's preferred mode of payment?
Cash

Check

Exchange of services

Credit
14 What is Perry's stage name in his fantasy about becoming a musician?
Perry Porter

Perry the Great

Perry-Jay Smith

Perry O'Parsons
15 Which of the following is NOT a place that Perry fantasizes about?
Mexico

Sierra Madre

Japan

Australia
16 Why is Teddy a poor guard dog?
He is blind.

He is afraid of guns.

He is too old and feeble to stand up to an intruder.

He is too small to be intimidating.
17 Why has Nancy stopped wearing Bobby's ring?
She is getting ready to break up with him.

She learned that Bobby was drinking at a wedding he attended recently.

She heard a rumor that Bobby was flirting with another girl.

She is trying to deceive her father about how serious the relationship is.
18 Why did Dick change his mind about Perry and decide to fold him in to his plans?
Perry told him a story about killing a man in Las Vegas for kicks.

Perry murdered another inmate at the Kansas State Penitentiary.

Floyd Wells had vouched for Perry's abilities.

Perry earned the esteem of Willie-Jay, which Dick himself had been unable to do.
19 What is Perry and Dick's excuse for leaving town overnight?
They heard that temporary work might be available in Topeka.

They are visiting Willie-Jay after his release from the penitentiary.

They are visiting Dick's uncle in Kansas City.

They are visiting Perry's sister in Fort Scott.
20 Why does Nancy Ewalt go to the Clutter home on Sunday morning?
To deliver the newspaper

To have a trumpet lesson with Nancy Clutter

To relay a message from Susan Kidwell

To accompany the Clutters to church
21 Where are the bodies of Mr. Clutter and Kenyon found?
In the living room

In the backyard

In their bedrooms

In the basement
22 How were the Clutters killed?
Stabbing

With a shotgun

Strangulation

Poisoning
23 Who becomes the initial suspect?
Bobby Rupp

Paul Helm, the groundskeeper

Vere English, Beverly Clutter's fiance

Alfred Stoecklein, the hired man
24 Where do Dick and Perry go immediately after committing the crimes?
Kansas City

Las Vegas

Olathe

Mexico
25 Which of the following is NOT stated as a reason that Alvin Dewey takes charge of the Clutter case?
He was a close personal friend of Herb and Bonnie Clutter.

He is hand-selected by Earl Robinson, the Finney county sheriff.

He is more familiar with the happenings in Holcomb than anyone else at the K.B.I.

He is one of the best and most experienced detectives at the K.B.I.

1. Compare and contrast the way Perry handled his interrogation with the way that Dick handled his interrogation.

Dick and Perry are interrogated by police, both believing that they are being arrested for parole violations and Dick's bad check schemes. Dick becomes calm even lackadaisical when the questioning turns to his personal life and history. When...

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Answered by Aslan on 3/13/2024 2:05 AM