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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the oldest Clutter's child?
(a) Eveanna.
(b) Kenyon.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Nancy.

2. What was the first fact that the detectives questioned in Smith's story?
(a) His sister in Fort Scott.
(b) That he tied them up with rope.
(c) A living witness.
(d) The boots he shipped back from Mexico.

3. Which individual is part Cherokee, with dark eyes, and a dark complexion?
(a) Herb Clutter.
(b) Kenyon Clutter.
(c) Perry Smith.
(d) Richard Clutter.

4. Where is the small drugstore that is described in part one of In Cold Blood?
(a) Kansas City at Olathe
(b) Olathe, Texas
(c) Kansas City at Holcom
(d) Holcomb, Kansas

5. What plans did Hickock share with the agents during his interview in the Las Vegas City jail?
(a) To running a race without a finish line.
(b) How he planned the Clutter murder.
(c) To buy a boat and take tourists deep-sea diving.
(d) To begin a singing career as Perry O'Parsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of the good qualities Willie Jay saw in Smith?

2. What animal did Smith interact with while in his cell?

3. Why did at least one family decide to leave Holcomb after the murders?

4. Which of the following is not an accurate description of Herb Clutter?

5. What happened to the passing stranger who was considered a suspect in the Clutter murders?

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