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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of apartment does Stingo have?
(a) a brownstone in Queens
(b) tiny, cheap, cubby-hole of an apartment
(c) the penthouse in the Regency
(d) a loft on Fifth Avenue

3. Where did her parents work?
(a) her father was in governemnt, her mother a housewife
(b) her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse
(c) they worked in a shoe factory
(d) they were both professors at the university

4. What does Stingo begin reading at work?
(a) more radical newspapers
(b) the Wall Street Journal
(c) already published novels
(d) art books

5. What does Nathan do that Stingo thinks is funny as they're walking down the street?.
(a) his actor-like talent at mimicry
(b) tells jokes about the Japanese
(c) teases Sophie
(d) tells army jokes

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Stingo's old girl friend, back home?

2. What is Stingo's goal in life?

3. Where did Stingo get his nickname?

4. From where had Sophie been released right before she met Nathan?

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

(see the answer key)

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