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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hickock do to get some money for himself and Smith?
(a) Stole merchandise and cash.
(b) Wrote several bad checks.
(c) Found a sunken treasure.
(d) Robbed a bank.

2. Where did Smith's sister live in Part 3 of In Cold Blood?
(a) North of San Francisco.
(b) North of Las Vegas.
(c) North of Fort Scott.
(d) North of Kansas City.

3. Why did at least one family decide to leave Holcomb after the murders?
(a) Because the murders were unsolved.
(b) More murders had been occurring in the town.
(c) Because townsfolk had become gossips.
(d) Because they knew someone from Holcomb committed the murder.

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

5. Smith had a premonition that what awaited both he and Hickock?
(a) A yellow parrot.
(b) A trap.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people attended the Clutter funeral?

2. How much money did Smith and Hickock steal from the Clutters?

3. What does a double-indemnity clause mean?

4. Who volunteered to examine Hickock and Smith?

5. Which of the Clutter children was somewhat eccentric?

(see the answer key)

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