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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the sounds in question # 19 stop, what does Stingo hear?
(a) banging on his door
(b) a man's dominant yells, and feminine, submissive murmurs
(c) screaming of kids outside
(d) a dog barking constantly

3. Where did Stingo get his nickname?
(a) at prep school in Virginia
(b) from his father
(c) when he was in the army
(d) in college, playing football

4. What's happening the first time Stingo sees Sophie?
(a) Sophie is slapping Nathan
(b) Nathan is screaming at her in the hallway
(c) they are both doing laundry
(d) Sophie is pushing a baby stroller

5. What does Farrell urge Stingo to do?
(a) to kill the Weasel
(b) to get married and have children
(c) to join the navy
(d) to strike out on his own and pursue his dreams

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of role has Stingo acquired in Sophie's life?

2. How does Stingo's first novel open?

3. Where did Sophie see Hoss's picture one day?

4. To what later comedian does the older narrator compare Nathan?

5. What does Sophie tell Stingo about how her life before the war was?

(see the answer key)

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