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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the camp, who was Bronek?

2. What does Stingo promise to buy Sophie?

3. What does Bronek do for Sophie?

4. Where do Sophie and Stingo decide to go when they leave New York?

5. How does Stingo find Sophie and Nathan when he returns to New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Stingo and Sophie do and talk about in the hotel in Washington?

2. Describe some of the differences between Sophie's stay at the Hoss's household and the way the rest of the camp prisoners lived.

3. Describe what Stingo found when he followed Sophie back to New York and what happened after that.

4. Why is Stingo concerned about Sophie's drinking?

5. Write a short paragraph about why Nat Turner is famous and why Stingo tells Nathan about him.

6. What did Sophie tell about her son and the concentration camp?

7. How does Stingo feel about fiction writers using the Holocaust as part of works of fiction? Why does he believe it is all right if he does that?

8. Sophie's attraction to Dr. Dürrfeld is a metaphor which also came out in her dream. Explain this statement.

9. What happened when Stingo received a call from Nathan's brother?

10. What did Sophie first tell Stingo about her son and how she tried to help him at the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Farrell puts up with Stingo's behavior at work? Support your answer with evidence from the first chapter.

Essay Topic 2

Although belief in the basic evil of the Jewish people was part of the cause of the holocaust, it was not a phenomena that existed only in Nazi Germany. The Jewish people have been reviled and persecuted throughout most of their history. How do you think the general attitude of the world towards Jews helped produce Nazi Germany? Use examples from the book and your own research.

Essay Topic 3

The human heart cannot grasp the sheer numbers behind a tragedy like the Twin Towers destruction or a worldwide catastrophe like the Holocaust. If we say thousands died in the terrorist act on the twin towers, or millions were killed in the Holocaust, the sheer size of those numbers prevents our understanding. Why do you think the human mind is unable to comprehend tragedy on a large scale? How did Stingo mourn the holocaust by mourning Nathan and Sophie?

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