Q 01/05

In In Cold Blood, which prize-winning dessert does Nancy Clutter teach young Jolene Katz to bake on her last morning?

A) Apple strudel

B) Cherry pie

C) Pecan pie

D) Peach cobbler

Answer · why

B) Cherry pie

Cherry pie was Nancy's specialty. She squeezed the lesson into a Saturday that also held a younger girl's trumpet solo to coach, three errands for her...

Q 02/05

Which novelist and childhood friend went to Kansas with Truman Capote to help him research In Cold Blood?

A) Carson McCullers

B) Flannery O'Connor

C) Harper Lee

D) Eudora Welty

Answer · why

C) Harper Lee

Harper Lee helped Capote win the confidence of wary Holcomb locals. Dill, the boy next door in her own To Kill a Mockingbird, is widely thought to be ...

Q 03/05

In In Cold Blood, what creature rescues Perry Smith in his recurring dream of a diamond tree guarded by a snake?

A) A white stallion

B) A golden eagle

C) A black panther

D) A yellow parrot

Answer · why

D) A yellow parrot

A yellow parrot 'taller than Jesus' has come to Perry in times of need all his life. He tells Dick about the snake but hides this ending, afraid of be...

Q 04/05

How much cash did Dick Hickock and Perry Smith actually carry away from the Clutter home in In Cold Blood?

A) Under $50

B) About $1,000

C) About $10,000

D) About $100,000

Answer · why

A) Under $50

Under $50 was the entire haul from a robbery that took a drive of more than 400 miles across Kansas. Four people died for it.

Q 05/05

In In Cold Blood, what did a former cellmate wrongly tell Dick Hickock that Herb Clutter kept in his office?

A) Gold coins

B) A safe

C) War bonds

D) Oil deeds

Answer · why

B) A safe

A safe stuffed with cash was the whole reason for the crime, yet it never existed. Herb Clutter was locally famous for never carrying money, a habit h...