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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of the good qualities Willie Jay saw in Smith?
(a) Explosive emotional reactions.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Poetic imagination.

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

3. How many people witnessed the executions of Hickock and Smith?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 12.

4. What was the only real evidence that Dewey had for the Clutter murders?
(a) A witness in Floyd Wells.
(b) Two sets of fingerprints.
(c) The .12-gauge shotgun.
(d) Two sets of boot prints.

5. Which of the following individuals is the wife of the undersheriff?
(a) Jones.
(b) Meier.
(c) Wells.
(d) Cullivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Smith give to the animal who visited him in his cell?

2. Which of the Clutter's children was known as the town darling?

3. What is the largest town near Holcomb?

4. How much money did Smith and Hickock steal from the Clutters?

5. Where did Smith's sister live in Part 3 of In Cold Blood?

(see the answer key)

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