in cold blood quotes Flashcards

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1
Q

she had liked it ___ ____, so much that it seemed to her ____________

A

too well
unchristian

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2
Q

that such a thing could happen to ____ - well its like being told there is no ___. It makes life seem _________

A

them
God
pointless

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3
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_____________ of course can open any door - turn the key and let ______ walk right in

A

imagination
terror

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4
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they shared a ____ against which _______ was no defense

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doom
virtue

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5
Q

had suddenly to endure this _______ experience of _____________ each other

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unique
distrusting

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6
Q

those sombre ___________ that stimulated _______of __________

A

explosions
fires
mistrust

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7
Q

most of whom were as __________ as Mr Clutter could ______

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abstemious
desire

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8
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she was a _________

A

person

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9
Q

________-________ sobbing behind _______ doors

A

pillow-muted
locked

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10
Q

compared to himself, so authentically ______, ____________, ‘totally ______________’

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tough
invulnerable
masculine

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11
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you won’t find ______________ people or ___________ air or __________ drinking water

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friendlier
fresher
sweeter

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12
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she was ‘__________’, she suffered ‘_______ ________’

A

nervous
little spells

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13
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maybe its just that the Clutters were the ones who had to ____ ___ __

A

pay
for
it

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14
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_______ hair all over _____ walls

A

blast
them

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15
Q

it seemed to Perry as though he existed ____ __________

A

deep
underwater

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16
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________ emotions and a __________ mind

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stunted
distorted

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17
Q

____feet … would have fit nicely into a delicate lady’s _______ ________

A

tiny
dancing slippers

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18
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hated, hating ____-_____ child

A

halfbreed

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19
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without ever having ________ any fixed sense of _____ _______

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absorbed
moral values

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20
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some of his thinking reflects a ‘_______’ quality, a disregard of ________

A

magical
reality

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21
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they hated me too. For _________ the bed and being half-______

A

wetting
Indian

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22
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I have an aversion to ____. And ___. And ________

A

nuns
God
religion

23
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it has ____ leaves and diamonds like ________

A

blue
oranges

24
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bitter ________ at the bottom of his ______

A

sediment
nature

25
Q

a ________ sickly blue _______

A

venomous
squint

26
Q

the left eye _____ __________

A

truly
serpentine

27
Q

____ was constantly with him

A

envy

28
Q

blonde ________

A

chicken

29
Q

now ________, now ______, now _______

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ominous
impish
soulful

30
Q

the _______ skin, the dark, _____ eyes, the _____ hair, which he kept ________________

A

iodine
moist
black
brilliantined

31
Q

her ____________ trait, the talent that gave _______ to all the others, derived from her ________

A

strongest
support
father

32
Q

whenever I start to say something, he looks at me as though I _____ ___ ____ ___

A

must not love him

33
Q

Another sort of _____________ lay beside it

A

instrument

34
Q

a _______ gauge pump-action ________, brand new, blue-____________

A

twelve
shotgun
barreled

35
Q

all my ____________ are very _____________, they don’t need __

A

children
efficient
me

36
Q

her look of ____________, ____________, _______________ aroused protective compassion

A

helpless
homespun
ethereality

37
Q

the pattern of ____________ ____________ repeated itself

A

postnatal depression

38
Q

“Take ye heed, watch and _____: for ye know not when the ______ is”

A

pray
time

39
Q

a bird “taller than ______, yellow like a _____________”

A

Jesus
sunflower

40
Q

a “warrior-______”

A

angel

41
Q

then so gently _________ him, ___________ him, ________ him away to _________

A

lifted
enfolded
winged
paradise

42
Q

Deal me out, baby, I’m a _______

A

normal

43
Q

______ _____ killed the Clutters

A

Perry Smith

44
Q

an ____ and _________ progress toward one ___________ and then another

A

ugly
lonely
mirage

45
Q

it’s like a second _____________

A

funeral

46
Q

on and off ______________ patient

A

psychiatric

47
Q

a _____-___

A

man’s-man

48
Q

_____________________ darkness

A

schizophrenic

49
Q

_____ belt

A

Bible

50
Q

gospel ___________ strip

A

haunted

51
Q

a person’s _______ affiliation is the most important factor influencing his ______ ______

A

church
class status

52
Q

an ____ for an ___ and even so we’re ___ ____ short!

A

eye
eye
two pair

53
Q

this is a _____________ community

A

religious

54
Q

the American dream comes from the fact all men are “___________ by their ___________”

A

endowed
creator