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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Smith and Hickock continue to earn money in Mexico?
(a) Hunting for treasure.
(b) Writing bad checks.
(c) By selling stolen goods.
(d) Murder for hire.

2. Who did Agent Dewey believe committed the crime?
(a) A pair of men who did not know the family at all.
(b) A pair of men; one who knew the family and his accomplice.
(c) A father and son team who had a business transaction with the Clutters.
(d) Bobby Rupp.

3. Which individual is shown to be primarily a schemer and a con man?
(a) Perry Smith.
(b) Richard Hickock.
(c) Perry Hickock.
(d) Nancy Clutter.

4. How did Alvin Dewey learn of Hickock and Smith's execution date?
(a) He read about it in the paper.
(b) He was informed by the sheriff.
(c) The judge told him.
(d) Smith sent him a letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the detectives tell both Smith and Hickock existed, regarding the Clutter case?

2. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?

3. Who visited Hickock in jail?

4. What happened to Smith and Hickock in front of the hotel in Las Vegas in Part 3 of In Cold Blood?

5. River Valley Farm did not contain which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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