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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What item did Smith ship from Mexico which helped to incriminate him?
(a) Boots.
(b) Gun.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Knife.

3. Which of the following individuals is the wife of the undersheriff?
(a) Jones.
(b) Cullivan.
(c) Meier.
(d) Wells.

4. 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 hitchhikers.
(c) Empty bottles.
(d) Two old men.

5. What type of examination did Hickock and Smith's lawyers request?
(a) Ability to participate in their defense.
(b) Psychiatric.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Physical.

6. How many of the twelve jurors were male?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 0.
(d) 10.

7. What is a shiv?
(a) A weapon like a hammer.
(b) A weapon like an ice pick.
(c) A toothpick.
(d) A lockpick.

8. What did Hickock want to do to Nancy before killing her?
(a) Take her with them on the road.
(b) Spare her life.
(c) Rape her.
(d) Marry her.

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

10. How long before the Clutter murders was Hickock released from prison?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 3 months.

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

12. What type of statements did Dr. Jones ask Smith and Hickock to write?
(a) Statements describing the crime.
(b) Autobiographical statements.
(c) Statements of guilt.
(d) Statements of innocence.

13. How did Smith know Don Cullivan?
(a) They were childhood friends.
(b) They were in jail together.
(c) They were in the army together.
(d) They were friends in Mexico.

14. What type of injury did Hickock's father say was the cause of Hickock's problems with the law?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Concussion.
(c) Football injury.
(d) Car accident.

15. What was the name of Nancy's old mare that helped to comfort Bobby Rupp?
(a) Nye.
(b) Babe.
(c) Church.
(d) Duntz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the jury to deliberate?

2. What name did Smith give to the animal who visited him in his cell?

3. Which Clutter did Smith talk to about their life before they were killed?

4. in Part 3 of In Cold Blood, where was the most recent address Detective Nye had for Smith?

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

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