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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Smith and Hickock do to a 1949 Chevrolet sedan?
(a) Crashed it.
(b) Stole it.
(c) Washed it.
(d) Gave it a tune-up.

3. Why did Agent Dewey lose weight while working on the Clutter case?
(a) His wife had him on a diet.
(b) He obsessed over the Clutter case.
(c) He was too busy to eat.
(d) He was chasing Smith and Hickock around the globe.

4. What was Smith's sister's name?
(a) Otto.
(b) Gibson.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Barbara.

5. How did Smith expect to get the money to pay back everyone he and Hickock had conned?
(a) Finding sunken treasure in Mexico.
(b) Money from the murder of the Clutters.
(c) Traveling across the country.
(d) Working hard in Mexico as a mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alvin Adams Dewey in Part 2 of In Cold Blood?

2. Which of the Clutter children was somewhat eccentric?

3. About how far away from the Clutter's town is the drug store?

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

5. What apparently was used to kill all of the murder victims?

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