ICB Part 4 Questions

Question 1

How much money did Dick and Perry get from the “big score” at the Clutter home?

Answer 1

Between 40 and 50$

Question 2

If Dick breaks out of jail, he plans to

Answer 2

leave Perry behind

Question 3

Why does Perry change his confession?

Answer 3

He feels bad for Dick’s parents

Question 4

What unusual response did Dick and Perry have to the murders after they committed them?

Answer 4

they laughed uncontrollably

Question 5

Why does a sheriff from Florida want Dick and Perry to take a polygraph test for him?

Answer 5

to see if they are connected to the murder of a family of four near Tampa

Question 6

Who writes to Perry in jail?

Answer 6

Don Cullivan

Question 7

What is the last thing from the auction of the Clutter estate?

Answer 7

Babe, Nancy’s horse

Question 8

What was Dick’s real motive for going to River Valley Farm?

Answer 8

to rape Nancy Clutter

Question 9

What does Dick believe caused his anti-social and reckless behavior?

Answer 9

a car accident that damaged his brain

Question 10

Who is the only member of the Clutter family to attend the trial?

Answer 10

Arthur Clutter, Mr. Clutter’s brother

Question 11

Why is Floyd Wells an effective witness for the prosecution?

Answer 11

He gives a clear motive as to why Dick wanted to steal from the Clutter home, and he is how Dick and Perry knew the layout of the house.

Question 12

Who is the most effective witness for the prosecution?

Answer 12

Alvin Dewey

Question 13

What revelation about the murders does Perry reveal to Don Cullivan during their meal together?

Answer 13

He murdered the Clutters because someone needed to pay for all the hurt Perry had endured.

Question 14

What does the M’Naghten Rule limit?

Answer 14

A psychologist’s testimony

Question 15

What diagnosis does Dick receive from Dr. Jones?

Answer 15

possible brain damage that altered his personality

Question 16

Who is most like the study in The American Journal of Psychiatry cited by Capote?

Answer 16

Perry

Question 17

What is the message of the defense attorneys as they submit closing arguments?

Answer 17

It would be unChristian to put a man to death.

Question 18

What item does Perry give to Mrs. Meier so that she will remember him?

Answer 18

a picture of himself when he was 16

Question 19

Why was there corporal punishment in Kansas from 1957-1960?

Answer 19

the governor at the time didn’t like killing people

Question 20

Why might have Capote examine famous Kansas murders and murderers?

Answer 20

to show society’s fascination with killers

Question 21

What does Dick believe is Perry’s real reason for going on a hunger strike in jail?

Answer 21

To end up in a psychiatric facilty

Question 22

Why do the judges reject Shultz’s argument that Dick deserves a new trial?

Answer 22

They both confessed, the defense attorneys did all they could to argue to avoid the death penalty, and there was strong evidence against them.

Question 23

Who is the first inmate in “the corner” to be hanged?

Answer 23

Lowell Andrews

Question 24

What do defense attorneys argue in the Supreme Court?

Answer 24

Dick and Perry confessed before they had lawyers.

Question 25

Who is disappointed that the Clutters do not appear at his hanging because he believes that revenge is the only reason for capital punishment?

Answer 25

Dick

Question 26

For whom does Alvin Dewey feel more pity/remorse at his death?

Answer 26

Perry

Question 27

How long does it sometimes take for someone to die from hanging?

Answer 27

20 minutes

Question 28

What two people from the story show the growth and beauty of human life even in the face of grief?

Answer 28

Bobby Rupp and Susan Kidwell