Questions are mostly in chronological order, so keep reading to find the answers! Questions with an asterisk (*) should be answered with details from the whole text.
pp. 51-72
1. How do Perry and Dick act before they arrive in Holcomb?
2. What crime did Perry commit that landed him in jail?
3. What quality does Perry possess that Dick especially admires?
*4. Describe the morning after the murders. How did the people of Holcomb discover what happened and how did they react? How did the murders change their lives?
*5. Describe the murder scene. What did investigators find, in addition to the bodies?
6. What is strange about the bodies?
*7. Who are the possible suspects in the murders?
8. What happened with Mr. Clutter's new insurance policy?
9. How did Dick and Perry spend the day after the murders?
Pages 73-100
10. Who cleans up the Clutter's house? What did they find? What did they do with the "evidence?"
11. What experience and qualities does Alvin Dewey have that make him the perfect investigator for the Clutter murders?
*12. What two theories does Dewey develop about the crime? Which theory does he think is more likely?
13. Why didn't the dog, Teddy, sound the alarm when the intruders came onto the farm?
14. Why didn't Mr. Stoecklein hear the gunshots?
15. How did the photos of the crime scene help the investigation?
*16. Why does Perry keep reading the newspaper?
17. At the bottom of p. 86, Dick says, "O.K., maybe I had some wrong information." What wrong information do you think he had (we won't find out until later in the book)?
18. What "single connection" does Perry think will lead to their arrest?
19. Describe Perry's recurring dream and the "savior" that rescues him from bad situations.
20. What group of people does Perry hate and distrust above all others?
21. How do Dick and Perry get enough money to go to Mexico?
22. What kind of phone calls does Alvin Dewey get?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment