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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As he sits in his room trying to write, what does Stingo hear?
(a) a fire engine coming down the street
(b) the unmistakable sounds of sex in the apartment above him
(c) loud music from next door
(d) air raid sirens

2. Why is Stingo interested in writing about Sophie?
(a) he was still in love with her
(b) he wanted to prove Sophie's worth to Nathan
(c) he thought it a fitting memorial
(d) she was a victim, but that she had also been an accessory

3. When was Sophie sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp?
(a) 1947
(b) 1935
(c) 1923
(d) 1943

4. What happened on the subway that made Sophie think about suicide?
(a) she dreamt of her husband
(b) she was robbed
(c) she was screamed at
(d) she was molested

5. What were the two types of concentration camps in Poland?
(a) Polish and Russian
(b) the death camp and the slave labor camp
(c) male and female
(d) Jewish and other

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did her parents work?

2. Sophie helped Hoss with his work beyond what he required of her. Why?

3. Why does Stingo describe Höss' background?

4. What happened to Sophie in the library that made her faint?

5. Where were Sophie's father and husband taken?

(see the answer key)

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