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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hickock know would make Smith the perfect partner for this criminal activity?
(a) Poetic imagination.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Explosive emotional reactions.

2. What did detective Nye show Hickock on the second day of the interrogation?
(a) A photo of the footprints at the scene.
(b) A photo of the murders.
(c) A photo of Floyd Wells.
(d) A photo of he and Smith at the Clutter's house.

3. What sound could be heard as Hickock and Smith were escorted into the Garden City county jail?
(a) Yells of abuse from the crowd.
(b) Murmers of the crowd.
(c) Flashbulbs popping.
(d) It was silent.

4. What type of injury did Hickock's father say was the cause of Hickock's problems with the law?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Football injury.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Concussion.

5. How did Hickock and Smith meet?
(a) As inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary.
(b) As inmates at the Texas State Penitentiary.
(c) At the Clutters' house.
(d) At the drugstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memento did Smith save from his sister?

2. How did Smith expect to get the money to pay back everyone he and Hickock had conned?

3. What is a shiv?

4. Which term best describes how Dewey described the motive at his first press conference?

5. What did Mr. Helm see in Mrs. Clutter's window?

(see the answer key)

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