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In Cold Blood | Quiz

Truman Capote
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In Cold Blood | Quiz

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1)

What did Hickock do to get some money for himself and Smith? (from Part 2)

Stole merchandise and cash.
Found a sunken treasure.
Robbed a bank.
Wrote several bad checks.
2)

What was the name the prisoners call the area where the executions occur? (from Part 4)

The Hole.
The Corner.
The Coffin.
The Cell.
3)

How did Smith and Hickock continue to earn money in Mexico? (from Part 2)

By selling stolen goods.
Writing bad checks.
Hunting for treasure.
Murder for hire.
4)

Why are the initials on the binoculars important? (from Part 2)

They show that Smith and Hickock are partners.
They show they belonged to Smith.
They are not important at all.
They show they belonged to Herb Clutter.
5)

What was the purpose of the book, "A History of My Boy's Life"? (from Part 2)

To document the murders.
To document Smith's father's life.
To get Smith paroled.
To keep track of family history.
6)

Where was Floyd Wells when he heard about the Clutter murders? (from Part 3)

At the post office in Olathe.
In his jail cell in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
In his jail cell in the Texas State Penitentiary.
On the River Valley Farm.
7)

Who sent a postcard to the warden at the prison where Smith and Hickock were incarcerated after their trial? (from Part 4)

Hickock's father.
Don Cullivan.
Smith's sister.
Smith's father.
8)

How long did Hickock hang before he was pronounced dead? (from Part 4)

10 minutes.
20 seconds.
20 minutes.
10 seconds.
9)

How many people had Hickock murdered before the Clutter crime? (from Part 2)

2.
1.
3.
0.
10)

Where did Smith and Hickock meet Otto? (from Part 2)

Kansas.
Texas.
Acapulco.
Oklahoma.
11)

Where was the safe supposed to have been in the Clutter house? (from Part 3)

In the bedroom.
In the barn.
In the basement.
In the office.
12)

Who interviewed Hickock's parents? (from Part 3)

Nye.
Wells.
Warden.
Dewey.
13)

Where did the bus drop Smith and Hickock off after they sold their car in Mexico? (from Part 2)

Las Vegas.
Barstow.
Olathe.
Acapulco.
14)

What type of examination did Hickock and Smith's lawyers request? (from Part 4)

Psychiatric.
Ability to participate in their defense.
Intelligence.
Physical.
15)

Why was Hickock sure that Smith would not have any problem with committing the murder? (from Part 2)

Because He himself had no difficulties with it.
He knew Smith had no conscious.
It was in the past, and they agreed to never look back.
He thought Smith had murdered before.
16)

What did Hickock want to do to Nancy before killing her? (from Part 3)

Rape her.
Marry her.
Take her with them on the road.
Spare her life.
17)

Who volunteered to examine Hickock and Smith? (from Part 4)

Jones.
Wells.
Cullivan.
Meier.
18)

Who work together to interview Hickock in the Las Vegas jail? (from Part 3)

Duntz and Church.
Church and Dewey.
Nye and Church.
Nye and Dewey.
19)

What punishment was decreed to Smith and Hickock by the jury? (from Part 4)

Life with the possibility of parole.
Death.
Life in prison.
Death for Hickock but not for Smith.
20)

How were Smith and Hickock executed? (from Part 4)

Gas chamber.
Hanging.
Electric chair.
Firing squad.
21)

Of what was Dewey an agent? (from Part 2)

Special Prosecuters Office.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Kansas District Attorney.
Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
22)

What did detective Nye show Hickock on the second day of the interrogation? (from Part 3)

A photo of the footprints at the scene.
A photo of Floyd Wells.
A photo of he and Smith at the Clutter's house.
A photo of the murders.
23)

According to Floyd, who talked of robbing the Clutters? (from Part 3)

Nye.
Wells.
Hickock.
Smith.
24)

What type of weather was occurring as Hickock and Smith were brought back to Garden City? (from Part 3)

Raining hard.
Foggy and drizzling.
Snow falling.
Sunny and bright.
25)

Which two states did Smith and Hickock travel through before they made their way to Mexico? (from Part 2)

Oklahoma and Texas.
Arizona and Oklahoma.
Arizona and Texas.
New Mexico and Arizona.
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