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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stingo falls asleep on the ride to Coney Island he has dreams. How does he feel when he awakens?
(a) a desperate urge to flee the situation
(b) rested and ready to have fun
(c) confused
(d) frightened

2. How does Nathan feel about Stingo being a writer?
(a) impressed
(b) contemptuous
(c) disparging
(d) delighted

3. How does Farrell handle a life he hates?
(a) he plays poker
(b) he runs marathons
(c) he drinks
(d) he takes drugs

4. What happened on the subway that made Sophie think about suicide?
(a) she dreamt of her husband
(b) she was robbed
(c) she was screamed at
(d) she was molested

5. How does Stingo end up on his hot date with Leslie?
(a) in jail for attempted rape
(b) sound asleep on the couch
(c) in bed with Leslie for the weekend
(d) in bed with Sophie

6. What happened to Sophie in the library that made her faint?
(a) a man yelled at her who looked like a Nazi
(b) she was pregnant
(c) she hadn't drunk enough water that day
(d) it was too hot and she was hungry

7. How does Stingo's first novel open?
(a) with an abusive man beating his girl friend
(b) with a man being put in an insane asylum
(c) with a young boy lost in New York
(d) with a dead girl being disinterred from her pauper's grave

8. Where do Stingo, Nathan and Sophie hang out to escape the summer heat?
(a) Nathan's brother's house
(b) an air-conditioned cocktail lounge called the Maple Court
(c) in the park under the trees
(d) in the basement of the boarding house

9. What does his father tell him to do?
(a) put it in the bank
(b) go buy a suit
(c) get a new apartment
(d) use it to support Stingo's writing ambitions

10. How did Sophie feel Dr. Blackstock's treatments were doing?
(a) she didn't receive any treatments
(b) they made her health worse
(c) they were helping but not harming
(d) they were doing her much good

11. How does Stingo see Nathan?
(a) Stingo thinks he's perfect for Sophie
(b) Stingo thinks he should be arrested
(c) Stingo overlooks his meanness
(d) Stingo looks to him as a father figure

12. Why does Stingo keep checking his watch when he and Sophie are talking?
(a) he wants to get out before Nathan gets home
(b) his mind is on his hot date that night
(c) he thinks it's not working
(d) he has to be at work

13. What kind of house is Stingo expecting Leslie's to be?
(a) an upstairs apartment
(b) a dark, gloomy house, clean, but smelling of must and gefilte fish
(c) a gothic mansion
(d) small ranch style

14. What does Sophie notice about Nathan's eyes when he's screaming at her?
(a) his pupils are small pinpoints
(b) he has blue contacts on
(c) his eyes keep rolling up
(d) his pupils had dilated to the size of dimes

15. Why did Sophie get a better job, at first, at the camp?
(a) because she looked German
(b) because she had two children
(c) due to her knowledge of both Russian and German
(d) because she was beautiful

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Yetta yelling at Moishe Muskatblit?

2. How does Stingo feel about his old girlfriend's death?

3. When did the Nazi soldiers enter Cracow?

4. What does Farrell urge Stingo to do?

5. Why was his picture there, the answer to question#71?

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