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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of drink do Leslie's parents serve Stingo?
(a) iced lemonade
(b) red wine
(c) coca-cola
(d) imported Danish beer

3. To what later comedian does the older narrator compare Nathan?
(a) Bob Hope
(b) Laurel and Hardy
(c) Steven Martin
(d) Lenny Bruce

4. Sophie helped Hoss with his work beyond what he required of her. Why?
(a) she was trying to get him to see her as a person
(b) she felt sorry for him
(c) she fell in love with him
(d) she wanted him to trust her so she could kill him

5. What three things is keeping Stingo in New York?
(a) he is writing again, he is now employed, he has found a new apartment
(b) he likes New York, he has a new job, he has found a girl
(c) he was writing again, he has met Sophie and Nathan; and he thinks he has a steady sex partner
(d) he is sick, he and Sophie are dating, and Nathan has given him a job

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stingo tell Sophie when he does poorly with sex?

2. What does Nathan rave about in the motel in Connecticut?

3. Who does Sophie dream about on her last night in Hoss' household?

4. What does Stingo worry about as a potential suitor to Sophie?

5. When Sophie and Nathan are leaving for a party, what news do they hear on the radio?

(see the answer key)

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