1.What is wrong with the cat?

2.What might have caused the cat's injuries?

3.What action do the two men think they must take? What does the cat do as they are discussing this action?

4.How does Tristan feel toward cats?

5.What does Tristan want to do?

6.What convinces Herriot not to put the cat to sleep?

7.How does Helen react to the cat?

8.What does the narrator say that he likes about women?

9.What happens to Oscar? How do the Herriots feel about this? How do you know?

10.Where has the cat been? What was he doing there?

11.What does Herriot think is mysterious?

12.What is special about Oscar?

13.What news does the visitor have about the cat?

14.How can Herriot be sure that the man is discussing the same cat?

15.What makes Helen willing to let the cat go?

16.What keeps the Herriots from feeling great grief over the loss of their cat?

17.What do James and Helen do?

18.What has the cat been doing? What makes this unusual behavior for a cat?