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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the first fact that the detectives questioned in Smith's story?
(a) A living witness.
(b) His sister in Fort Scott.
(c) That he tied them up with rope.
(d) The boots he shipped back from Mexico.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Smith leave the rundown hotel in Las Vegas?

2. How did Alvin Dewey learn of Hickock and Smith's execution date?

3. Who did Floyd tell about his time with the Clutters?

4. Who went on a fast in Part 3 of In Cold Blood?

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

(see the answer keys)

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