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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date were Smith and Hickock executed?
(a) April 14, 1966.
(b) April 14, 1965.
(c) April 15, 1966.
(d) April 15, 1965.

2. Where did Hickock's father say that his son and Smith had gone when they left town?
(a) To visit Smith's brother.
(b) To visit Hickock's sister.
(c) To visit Hickock's brother.
(d) To visit Smith's sister.

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

5. Why did Smith return to the Clutter house after he walked out for a few minutes following the murders?
(a) He was curious to know what was going to happen.
(b) Hickock ordered him to return.
(c) He wanted to make the victims more comfortable.
(d) He wanted some of the money.

6. Where was the safe supposed to have been in the Clutter house?
(a) In the office.
(b) In the bedroom.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the basement.

7. Where were the knife and shotgun used in the Clutter murders found?
(a) Hickock's house.
(b) Vegas hotel room.
(c) Smith's father's house.
(d) Smith's sister's house.

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

9. How much money did Smith and Hickock steal from the Clutters?
(a) Between $100-$200.
(b) Between $40-$50.
(c) Between $50-$60.
(d) Between $20-$40.

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

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

12. After Smith and Hickock stole a car in Part 3 of In Cold Blood, where did they return?
(a) Olathe.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Holcomb.

13. What was the only real evidence that Dewey had for the Clutter murders?
(a) Two sets of fingerprints.
(b) A witness in Floyd Wells.
(c) Two sets of boot prints.
(d) The .12-gauge shotgun.

14. Who interviewed Hickock's parents?
(a) Wells.
(b) Nye.
(c) Warden.
(d) Dewey.

15. According to Floyd, who talked of robbing the Clutters?
(a) Smith.
(b) Nye.
(c) Wells.
(d) Hickock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Smith and Hickock executed?

2. How did Floyd Wells hear about the Clutter murders?

3. How did Floyd know the Clutters?

4. What type of statements did Dr. Jones ask Smith and Hickock to write?

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

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