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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hickock say was his and Smith's alibi?
(a) Taking two girls to a motel.
(b) Taking tourists deep-sea diving.
(c) Singing with Perry O'Parsons.
(d) Eating dinner with the hitchhikers.

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

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

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

5. What punishment was decreed to Smith and Hickock by the jury?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Death for Hickock but not for Smith.
(c) Life with the possibility of parole.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years passed before Hickock and Smith were executed?

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

3. Where did the police find the shotgun cartridges, cord and tape that were used in the Clutter murders?

4. Which of the following is not an activity Mrs. Meier completed?

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

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