Cat's Cradle

Chapters 1-24

Reading Check

1. The day the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan (Chapter 1)

2. Glamorous (Chapter 7)

3. Muddy terrain (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

1. A team of people who work together to accomplish God’s will without realizing what they are doing (Chapter 1)

2. Upset by his father’s ugliness, he cries and runs away. (Chapter 5)

3. They used the nickname because Frank was unsociable, as if he were on a secret mission. (Chapter 10)

Chapters 25-47

Reading Check

1. He builds models. (Chapter 34)

2. Sugar farming (Chapter 40)

3. Communist sympathizers (Chapter 44)

Short Answer

1. He questions what God and love are. (Chapter 26)

2. She is in awe of his scientific genius and apparent innocence. (Chapter 33)

3. He interprets it as a sign of divine intervention. (Chapter 34)

Chapters 48-73

Reading Check

1. He is shipwrecked. (Chapter 49)

2. To boost his popularity (Chapter 55)

3. Christianity (Chapter 61)

4. “Home on the Range” (Chapter 63)

Short Answer

1. He believes that Frank can best use the power of science to help the people of San Lorenzo.