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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The town where the Clutter family lived had a population of about how many?
(a) 500.
(b) 270.
(c) 380.
(d) 150.

2. How many of the jurors were farmers like the Clutters?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 0.

3. What happened to Smith and Hickock in front of the hotel in Las Vegas in Part 3 of In Cold Blood?
(a) They opened the package they mailed to themselves from Mexico.
(b) They bought a big meal.
(c) They gathered empty bottles.
(d) They were arrested.

4. How did Smith know Don Cullivan?
(a) They were in jail together.
(b) They were in the army together.
(c) They were childhood friends.
(d) They were friends in Mexico.

5. What punishment was decreed to Smith and Hickock by the jury?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Life with the possibility of parole.
(c) Death.
(d) Death for Hickock but not for Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who concluded that Smith and his sister could have no relationship?

2. Where is the small drugstore that is described in part one of In Cold Blood?

3. Who volunteered to examine Hickock and Smith?

4. Who was the prime suspect for the murders at the end of Part 1 of In Cold Blood?

5. Which of the following was not a question asked of Floyd by his cellmate about the Clutters?

(see the answer key)

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