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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Stingo's father get the money?
(a) from a robbery
(b) from Stingo's brother
(c) part of a severance package
(d) an inheritance

3. How does Stingo feel about Sophie after he meets her?
(a) he decides he doesn't like her that much
(b) he thinks she's dumb
(c) he feels like he's in love with her
(d) he feels guilty thinking about sleeping with her

4. How does Stingo respond to the Weasel's request?
(a) he straightens up and gets promoted
(b) he pretends to change
(c) he quits immediately
(d) he refuses to conform

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stingo falls asleep on the ride to Coney Island he has dreams. How does he feel when he awakens?

2. What color is the Yetta Zimmerman's boarding house?

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

4. Of whom does Stingo remind Farrell?

5. About what does Nathan give Stingo a hard time?

(see the answer key)

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