In Cold Blood Questions and Answers

Question 1

In Cold Blood

explain how dick and perry are like the cats on pages 264-265

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Question 2

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what is the significance of the coffin shape on page 309?

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Question 3

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what does perry taming the squirrel show about his character?

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Question 4

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whta is capotes purpose of including cullivans visist?

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Question 5

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how does the letter from don cullivan illuminate perry's character?

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Question 6

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What is Capote's tote for part four and what is its relevance to the section?

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Question 7

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How do Perry's diary entries affect the flow of the text?

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Question 8

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what many years passed from the murder to the execution?

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Question 9

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Start with the victims. What kind of family is the Clutter household? In what way does Capote create sympathy for them?

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Question 10

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what habits and behaviors of perry does dick think are strange?

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Question 11

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What do Perry and Dick do after the murders?

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Question 12

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Where did Dick and Perry go after Kansas City? For what purpose?

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Question 13

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After news of Dick’s confession spreads across the airwaves, Mrs. Myrt Clare maintains her theory is correct. How does her theory of the Clutters’ murder differ from the story being told by Dick and Perry?

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Asked by kevin h #364920

Last updated by Aslan on 4/3/2014 4:28 PM

Question 14

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a) What leads to Hickock’s eventual confession? b) What does he say when he eventually confesses?

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Last updated by Aslan on 4/3/2014 12:39 PM

Question 15

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How many times has dick been married and what does he think about his ex-wives

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Question 16

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since the psychiatrist can only answer "yes" or "no" , what must he answer about dicks sanity at the time of the murders?

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Last updated by Aslan on 3/13/2014 11:52 PM

Question 17

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Did any of the details of these people the Clutter family and Dick and Perry stick out/extremely noticeable to you?

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Last updated by Aslan on 3/11/2014 4:51 PM

Question 18

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in cold blood egomaniacal

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Question 19

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allure

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Question 20

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What effect is achieved through the simile that likens Dick’s confidence “kite that needed reeling in”?

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Question 21

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6. What was the last thing Nancy Clutter was known to have done before going to sleep?

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Question 22

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how could the timing of the clutter estate auction impact the outcome of the trial? why is this significant?

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Asked by sam s #359903

Last updated by Meh... on 3/4/2014 11:14 PM

Question 23

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smith had a premonition that what awaited both him and hickock?

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Question 24

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Why do some people think that Perry had homosexual tendencies?

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Last updated by jill d #170087 on 2/10/2014 3:49 PM

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