* Where and in what decade does the story take place?
* What name does the cousin call the narrator?
* What is the cousin's dog's name?
* What food do they make during the season?
* What are they doing the morning the story starts?
* What do they take with them when doing so?
* Name the one thing they don't do to raise money.
* Why does the cousin never go to movies?
* What item are they unable to buy at the store?
* Why do the other two relatives scold her?
* What happens the morning after?
* How high is the woman in the car willing to pay for it?
* What present would the cousin have like to have given him?
* What do they do Christmas morning?
* What do they do that morning?
* What happens to the cousin and her dog?
* Who murdered the Clutter family?
* When and where were the murders committed?
* How much money (approximately) did the killers get from the Clutter family?
* What happened to Susan Kidwell that made her become Nancy Clutter's closest friend?