Multiple questions

1.Who are Jenkins and Bingham? What are they attempting to do? What did they succeed in doing?

2.When do Dick and Perry go to the gallows?

3.What event did Dewey attend?

4.What is Dick’s last question (in a whisper)?

5.What had Perry spent his last three years on Death Row doing?

6.Who did Dewey care about more: Dick or Perry? Why?

7.Instead of experiencing “a sense of climax, release”, what does Dewey think about after Perry is hanged?

8.Did Mr. Dewey ever get his dream farm? Why?

9.Who does he casually encounter at Valley View? What is she doing there?

10.What happened to Bobby Rupp?

11.How does Capote build suspense despite the fact that readers know the ultimate outcome from the beginning of In Cold Blood?

12.In what ways is In Cold Blood like a fiction novel? What are some fabricated sections of the novel?

13. In Cold Blood starts with details about the Clutter family's last day alive. Did any of the details particularly stick out to you? Did Capote make you feel attached to the family by sharing these details?

14. Why do you think Capote split the narrative into four sections? What are the names of these four sections

15. Did you feel sympathy for Dick or Perry at any point? Explain. Do you think Dick and Perry “got what they deserved?”

16. How did Capote humanize the killers? Were you surprised by how likable they could seem despite the brutality of their crime and lack of remorse?

17. Who killed the Clutters? Back up your assertion with two solid examples.

18. Do you think Capote did Holcomb a sense of goodwill or a disservice by writing In Cold Blood?

19. What was Capote’s original intention concerning writing about the murders in Holcomb? When/how did his intention change?

20.What does the title of the book refer to?