ICB Part One Questions Flashcards
The novel is written in
3rd person omniscient
The murder takes place in
Holcomb, Kansas
What year does the murder take place?
1959
Members of the family who were killed
Mrs. Bonnie Clutter, Mr. Herb Clutter, Nancy Clutter, Kenyon Clutter
Mr. Clutter’s job is
farmer
Mr. Clutter doesn’t want Nancy and Bobby Rupp to date because
The Clutters are Methodist and the Rupps are Catholic.
Nancy does not attend the 4H meeting the day of the murder because
she stayed back to teach a neighbor how to bake a pie and her father attended
What does Nancy keep thinking she smells the day of the murder?
cigarette smoke
On the day of the murder, what does Nancy tell Susan Kidwell she is worried about
Her father’s mood lately
What item does Mrs. Bonnie Clutter giver their neighbor, Joline (who came to bake the pie) before she leaves
a tiny paper fan
Who has tatoos of a cat, a bouquet of flowers, and a blue rose?
Perry
Where did Dick and Perry meet?
Kansas State Penitentiary
What is Dick’s “regular” job?
He is a mechanic
Why is Dick’s face misaligned?
He was disfigured in a car accident
Why is Perry an asprin addict?
He tries to manage his pain from a motorcycle accident
What organization did Herb Clutter never join?
Garden City Country Club
What club were Herb, Nancy, and Kenyon all a members of?
4H
What did Perry want to use / buy for the murder that Dick thought was useless?
black stockings
What kept Kenyon from playing sports?
his eyesight
Whose car was seen in the Clutter’s driveway the day of the murders?
the Insurance agent’s
Who does Perry believe is his “real” and only friend?
Willie Jay
What odd nickname does Dick have for Perry?
sugar
When Perry is first introduced in the book, where is he?
waiting for Dick at a cafe
Why is Perry breaking the law just by sitting in the cafe?
Because it is in Kansas and returning to Kansas is forbidden as part of his parole
Perry dreams of a life where he
lives in Mexico searching for treasure
Mrs. Bonnie Clutter has the medical condition of
depression and anxiety
Mrs. Clutter had recently returned from a stay at a medical facility where she came to believe that her depression and anxiety all due to
an issue with her spine
Why was Dick running late to meet Perry?
he had to wait until his father wasn’t around to avoid having him see Dick take the gun
How many children does Dick have?
Three sons
The description of driving toward Holcomb and seeing “a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples” has what main literary device?
What is a simile
The description of driving toward Holcomb and seeing “a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples” is comparing what to what?
farming to religion
While the town of Holcomb doesn’t seem fancy, the people of the town are financially comfortable because of
natural gas
On the day of the murder, Mr. Clutter discovered
a group of hunters on his land without permission
What is the ironic statement Mrs. Ashida says to Mr. Clutter on the drive home from 4H?
That she can’t imagine him ever being afraid
Who walks from their home to the farm after hearing about the murders?
Bobby Rupp
Who does Bess Harman fear is the killer?
Someone local
Although Mr. Clutter had is throat cut, all of them were?
shot
Who discovered the Clutter family?
Susan Kidwell and Nancy Ewalt
What is different about how Mr. Clutter was murdered?
His throat was cut
What was the primary reason Perry returned to Kansas?
To meet Willie Jay when he made parole.
What does Nancy Clutter tell a teacher that let’s us know she tends to stay up later than the rest of the family?
She likes private time to go through her beauty routine.
Why is Bobby Rupp so careful and specific with details about his time with the Clutters the night of the murder and about the time he left?
He knows he is a suspect and he wants to help
As an adult, Capote was friends with
The rich and famous of New York society
Truman Capote is though to be the inpiration for what other literary character?
Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird
Capote became interested in the Clutter murders when
when he read a newspaper story about it
During the time period of the murders, people were intrigues and so shocked because in general they tended to be more concerned with what?
invasion form outside sources/countries and not crimes within their own country
The genre Capote created with this novel is
the nonfiction novel
Capote and Lee were investigating in Kansas when
the murderers were caught
The toll that the research for and writing of this book took on Capote led to his
alcoholism and drug addiction
When Capote was younger, his mother tried to “toughen him up” by
sending him to military school
