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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What document did Smith sign in jail?
(a) Claim of innocence.
(b) Plea of insanity.
(c) Denying his confession.
(d) Recounting of his confession.

2. What disorder did Dr. Jones indicate he believes Smith suffered from?
(a) None.
(b) Paranoid view of the world.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Mental retardation.

3. How did Smith react to the news of his punishment by the jury?
(a) He cried like a baby.
(b) He attempted suicide.
(c) He threw a tantrum.
(d) he attempted to escape.

4. How long did it take the jury to deliberate?
(a) 60 minutes.
(b) 120 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 40 minutes.

5. What was Smith's favorite dish?
(a) Fish.
(b) Spanish rice.
(c) Rice and beans.
(d) Hamburgers.

6. What kind of gun was used to kill the Clutters?
(a) Browning Auto-5.
(b) .12-gauge shotgun.
(c) BT-99.
(d) Model 1100.

7. Where was Floyd Wells when he heard about the Clutter murders?
(a) In his jail cell in the Texas State Penitentiary.
(b) At the post office in Olathe.
(c) In his jail cell in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
(d) On the River Valley Farm.

8. When did Smith leave the rundown hotel in Las Vegas?
(a) November 11.
(b) November 7.
(c) November 10.
(d) November 14.

9. Which of the following did Hickock not tell his interrogators during their interview in the Las Vegas prison?
(a) Murder of the Clutters.
(b) Burglary.
(c) Writing bad checks.
(d) Stealing.

10. How many of the jurors were farmers like the Clutters?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 0.

11. What name did Smith give to the animal who visited him in his cell?
(a) Rudder.
(b) Rush.
(c) Rowdy.
(d) Red.

12. Why did Smith ask for an aspirin during the interrogation in a Las Vegas jail?
(a) So that he could get a chance to talk to Hickock.
(b) To stop the pain in his head.
(c) To ease the pain of his legs.
(d) To stop the interrogation.

13. in Part 3 of In Cold Blood, where was the most recent address Detective Nye had for Smith?
(a) Fort Scott.
(b) Olathe.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Las Vegas.

14. Who was the only one Hickock knew could truly incriminate him?
(a) Smith.
(b) Wells.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Rupp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first fact that the detectives questioned in Smith's story?

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

3. Who did Wells tell about his story?

4. Where was the safe supposed to have been in the Clutter house?

5. Who visited Hickock in jail?

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