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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Herb Clutter when he died?
(a) 48.
(b) 58.
(c) 38.
(d) 28.

2. Who supposedly lived in Fort Scott, Kansas?
(a) Hickock's sister.
(b) Smith's sister.
(c) Smith's brother.
(d) Hickock's brother.

3. How did Smith imagine he would commit suicide while in jail?
(a) By slitting his wrists with pieces of a lightbulb.
(b) By hanging himself with belt.
(c) By slitting wrists with a shiv.
(d) By hanging himself with sheets from the bed.

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

5. Which of the following people did not testify at the trial?
(a) Alvin Dewey.
(b) Herb Clutter.
(c) Don Cullivan.
(d) Floyd Wells.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people attended the Clutter funeral?

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

3. Once Smith and Hickock met on the night of the murders, where did they drive?

4. According to Floyd, who talked of robbing the Clutters?

5. How did Smith react to the news of his punishment by the jury?

(see the answer key)

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