text: The antagonist of a novel titled for one of these animals once ate mercury from a thermometer
full_question: The antagonist of a novel titled for one of these animals once ate mercury from a thermometer so she wouldn't have to go to school. In that novel named for this animal, Cordelia is involved in an incident where the narrator's hat is thrown into a ravine. In another novel named partly for this animal, a sign promises a reward of 10,000 corporals if a man who "drank and chased the young girls just like St. Augustine" is captured dead or alive. This animal names a novel about the controversial painter (*) Elaine Risley and another novel about a character whose parents nearly called him John. A novel in which Bokononists press their feet together in a ritual known as boko-maru is named partly for this animal. For ten points, Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut wrote novels named for what feline's "Eye" and "Cradle"?
first_sentence: The antagonist of a novel titled for one of these animals once ate mercury from a thermometer