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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Smith and Hickock executed?
(a) Gas chamber.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Electric chair.

2. How long did Hickock hang before he was pronounced dead?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 10 seconds.
(d) 20 seconds.

3. What type of weather was occurring as Hickock and Smith were brought back to Garden City?
(a) Sunny and bright.
(b) Snow falling.
(c) Raining hard.
(d) Foggy and drizzling.

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

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

6. Who sent a postcard to the warden at the prison where Smith and Hickock were incarcerated after their trial?
(a) Hickock's father.
(b) Don Cullivan.
(c) Smith's father.
(d) Smith's sister.

7. Who volunteered to examine Hickock and Smith?
(a) Meier.
(b) Jones.
(c) Cullivan.
(d) Wells.

8. According to Part 3 of In Cold Blood, what did Hickock and Smith pick up as they drove to Las Vegas?
(a) An old beloved mare.
(b) Two old men.
(c) Two hitchhikers.
(d) Empty bottles.

9. How much money did Hickock tell Smith Mr. Clutter always kept in his safe?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $1,000,000.
(d) $1,000.

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

11. How many years passed before Hickock and Smith were executed?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

12. Who did Smith correspond with via letters while awaiting his trial?
(a) Jones.
(b) Meier.
(c) Wells.
(d) Cullivan.

13. Which of the following people was considered the prosecution's most damaging witness?
(a) Susan Kidwell.
(b) Alvin Dewey.
(c) Nancy Ewalt.
(d) Kansas Bureau of Investigation forensic expert.

14. What animal did Smith interact with while in his cell?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Rat.
(c) Chipmunk.
(d) Bird.

15. Who did Floyd tell about his time with the Clutters?
(a) Nye.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Smith.
(d) Hickock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worked together to interview Smith in the Las Vegas jail?

2. Where did Hickock imagine he would live when he escaped from jail?

3. Where did Hickock's father say that his son and Smith had gone when they left town?

4. Who of the following were not spectators at the trial?

5. On what date were Smith and Hickock executed?

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