27. Elmer is sent to his first ministry at a church in Schoenheim, where he encounters the lovely Lulu Baines, the daughter of the church's deacon. What furry animal is Lulu compared to upon her first appearance (and several times thereafter)?
From Quiz Elmer Gantry
Answer:
A kitten
When she first appears, Lulu is described as "... a gray-and-white kitten with a pink bow." Gantry is consumed with desire for her and arranges, by various subterfuges, to be intimate with her on a number of occasions. When the subject of marriage comes up, however, Lulu undergoes an anthropomorphic change; Lewis writes that "...he [ Gantry] didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick, who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners." Gantry regards Lulu purely as a sexual object; at one point, he is forced into an engagement with her when their intimacies come to her father's attention. However he cleverly slips out of this trap by treating Lulu badly and arranging for her to be alone with her erstwhile swain Floyd Naylor. While Floyd is comforting the distraught Lulu, Gantry arranges for himself and her father to surprise the couple in a seemingly compromising position. Gantry is thus released from his obligation, and it is Floyd who ends up marrying Lulu at the point of a shotgun. Floyd, who is wild about Lulu, is actually quite pleased with this development; Gantry is able to extricate himself, not only from his engagement to Lulu, but from his appointment to Schoenheim, while adeptly playing the part of the injured lover. Only Lulu fares badly; when Gantry takes his leave of her, she is described as "...huddled, with shrunk shoulders, her face insane with fear."