Going After Cacciato | 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 One, Going After Cacciato

1. Describe Lieutenant Corson.

2. What news does Doc Peret deliver to Lieutenant Corson at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Paul Berlin hope regarding Cacciato?

4. How does Cacciato toy with the Third Squad in this chapter?

Short Essay Question - Chapter Two, The Observation Post, Chapter Three, The Road to Paris,Chapter Four, How They Were Organized, Chapter Five, The Observation Post

5. Why does the Squad take a vote on whether to continue pursuing Cacciato in Chapter 3?