You are responsible for answering the questions and addressing the statements which follow. Your study guide questions will be collected after you complete the novel.
Identify the following Characters:
Paul Helm
Jonathan Daniel Adrian
Mr. Rinso Turco
Flo Buckskin
Tex John Smith
Joe James
Walter Tuniff
John Carlyle Polk
Wilmer Lee Stebbins
Respond to the following questions/prompts:
1. Why did Mr. Helm phone Sheriff Robinson?
2. Why are Dick and Perry leaving Mexico?
3. What did Perry ship to the Las Vegas?
4. List three insightful events about Perry’s life according t his father’s testimony.
5. Provide three insightful events about Perry’s parents.
6. Why does Perry have such an aversion to nuns?
7. What does Perry imply by But the queens on the ship wouldn’t leave me alone. (pg. 133)
8. What is The Totem Pole Cocktail Lounge?
9. How did Perry first get into trouble in Kansas in July of 1955? (pg. 137)
10. What is the significance of: –IT IS NO SHAME TO HAVE A DIRT FACE–THE
SHAME COMES WHEN YOU KEEP IT DIRTY.
11. Summarize Willie-Jay’s reaction to the letter.
12. How has the case effected Dewey?
13. What is the significance of the line “You’re a lucky bastard.”
