In Cold Blood Quotes

Question 1

Herb Clutter

Answer 1

“Master of River Valley Farm”
Vocative “Mr Clutter”=high social status
“Sensible and sedate”

Question 2

Holcomb

Answer 2

Lonesome area
Unnamed, unshaded, unpaved
73
145

Question 3

Dreams

Answer 3

Page 14 & 88
At the time, not a soul in sleeping Holcomb heard them- four shotgun blasts, that in total, ended six human lives.
They dont have to be left behind. You can carry them in a shoebox

Question 4

American dream

Answer 4

He raised a fine family. He made something of his life
14
Even if we didnt find all of it, even if we only found some of it- are you with me Dick?

Question 5

Dick

Answer 5

He was like a wife that must be got rid of
Deal me out, baby. Im normal.
Referred to as his ‘score’
I promise you, honey, we’ll blast hair all over them walls
Outstanding athlete… Basketball! Baseball! Football!
I guess dick resented it, not getting to college

Question 6

Nancy

Answer 6

Good grief, i wasnt flirting.

54- room

Question 7

Perry

Answer 7

Moist, dreamy, expression
Repetition of hyphens
I sympathise with that. They’re good people. She’s a real sweet person, your mother
For Perry Smiths life had been no bed of roses but pitiful, an ugly and lonely progress- Dewey
You think i like myself? Oh the man i could have been! 132
He can make you feel sorry for him-

Question 8

Police/dewey

Answer 8

148

323

Question 9

Perry and dick

Answer 9

There was, in dicks opinion, ‘something wrong’ with little perry