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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stingo wonder about the the violence he has witnessed between Nathan and Sophie?
(a) how the good parts of the relationship leads to it
(b) why Sophie doesn't kill Nathan
(c) why Yetta puts up with it
(d) why Sophie stays

2. How does Stingo feel when Nathan asks to read his writing?
(a) he's angry
(b) he's terrified
(c) he's excited
(d) he's flattered

3. Why is Stingo waiting at the bar the night Sophie dresses in revealing clothes?
(a) they are waiting for Stingo's father
(b) Sophie's trying to get a job
(c) they expect Nathan to join them
(d) Stingo has an appointment with an agent

4. What does Stingo decide about his life during his visit with his father?
(a) that he misses his mother
(b) that his father pressures him too much
(c) that he will, indeed, move back home
(d) that he will never return home

5. Why does Stingo describe Höss' background?
(a) in an attempt to understand and explain the nature of evil
(b) to understand Sophie's time in the camp
(c) to explain why Sophie helped Hoss
(d) to show how bad it was for Sophie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stingo begin reading at work?

2. What does Sophie say is the reason Nathan treats her and Stingo so poorly?

3. What stuns Stingo about the conversation with Nathan and Nathan's friends on Coney Island?

4. After the sounds in question # 19 stop, what does Stingo hear?

5. When Bronek tells Sophie Höss is about to be transferred, why does she panic?

(see the answer key)

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