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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 Sophie say is the reason she believes God has turned His face from her?
(a) by allowing her father and husband to be taken
(b) by allowing her mother to die
(c) by allowing the Nazis to come into Poland
(d) by allowing her to suffer under a horrible burden of guilt

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

3. Why does Stingo think Leslie is going to have sex with him on their date?
(a) Nathan told him she will
(b) she has told him she will
(c) Sophie has told him she will
(d) her strongly suggestive conversation

4. What color is the Yetta Zimmerman's boarding house?
(a) glaring pink
(b) black
(c) bright yellow
(d) purple

5. Where did Stingo learn his religious prejudices about Judaism?
(a) in Sunday School
(b) from his employer
(c) from Nathan
(d) from his father

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the SS officer say Jews were allowed to live at the camp?

2. What does Stingo wonder about the the violence he has witnessed between Nathan and Sophie?

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

4. As he sits in his room trying to write, what does Stingo hear?

5. Who helped Sophie with her health problems after she met Nathan?

(see the answer key)

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