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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "A History of My Boy's Life"?
(a) Hickock.
(b) Willie Jay.
(c) Smith's father.
(d) Smith.

2. Who did Agent Dewey believe committed the crime?
(a) A pair of men who did not know the family at all.
(b) A father and son team who had a business transaction with the Clutters.
(c) Bobby Rupp.
(d) A pair of men; one who knew the family and his accomplice.

3. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A yellow parrot.
(c) A trap.
(d) A treasure.

4. Once Smith and Hickock met on the night of the murders, where did they drive?
(a) To a car wash.
(b) To a garage where Hickock worked as a mechanic.
(c) To Finney County.
(d) To a garage where Smith worked as a mechanic.

5. Which of the following was not an event completed by Nancy?
(a) Playing with her cat.
(b) Getting gas in her car.
(c) Teaching neighbor girl to bake a cherry pie.
(d) Talking on the phone to her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Richard Hickock the night of the murders?

2. What did Hickock finally admit to Smith about the crime?

3. How many of the C;utter children were still living at home at the time of the murders?

4. How much was the life insurance police that Herb Clutter took out worth?

5. Which murder victim did the Sherriff, Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Ewalt find first?

(see the answer key)

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