Cat's Eye Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Chapter 1

1. What does the narrator think happens to things that are past?

2. How does the narrator seem to feel about Cordelia during the first chapter of the novel?

3. What does the narrator imagine Cordelia inside of?

4. What is the condition of the city where the narrator used to get off the streetcar, compared to how the narrator remembers it?

Short Essay Question - Chapter 2

5. In the present time what does Elaine think of Toronto?

6. What view did Elaine have...
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