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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Sophie's father and husband?
(a) they escaped and went to America
(b) they toiled in a munitions factory
(c) they were held prisoner for the entire war
(d) they were gunned down

2. What happened to Stingo's old girl friend, back home?
(a) she died in childbirth
(b) she was murdered
(c) she just died, by suicide
(d) she passed away from cancer

3. Who does Stingo watch from his apartment?
(a) the comings and goings of bookies
(b) his kid sister who lives down the hall
(c) the police, he's across from a station
(d) the woman who lives in an upscale home across the way

4. What does Sophie tell Stingo about how her life before the war was?
(a) it was hard and they were poor
(b) domestic bliss and harmony in her parents' home
(c) she was an orphan
(d) her mother and father fought all the time

5. Where is Sophie working in 1947, in America?
(a) in a drug store
(b) in a chiropractic office
(c) in a bank
(d) in a five and ten store

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stingo receive from his dad after he lost his job?

2. What does Sophie tell Nathan in defense of Stingo?

3. What does Stingo begin reading at work?

4. What's happening the first time Stingo sees Sophie?

5. What happened on the subway that made Sophie think about suicide?

(see the answer key)

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