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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sophie working in 1947, in America?
(a) in a bank
(b) in a five and ten store
(c) in a chiropractic office
(d) in a drug store

2. Why does Nathan apologize to Stingo for introducing him to Leslie?
(a) because Leslie was married
(b) because Leslie wouldn't sleep with Stingo
(c) because Leslie was a Jew
(d) because Leslie dumped Stingo

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

4. What kind of drink do Leslie's parents serve Stingo?
(a) imported Danish beer
(b) red wine
(c) coca-cola
(d) iced lemonade

5. 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 to suffer under a horrible burden of guilt
(c) by allowing the Nazis to come into Poland
(d) by allowing her mother to die

6. Where did Stingo's father get the money?
(a) an inheritance
(b) part of a severance package
(c) from Stingo's brother
(d) from a robbery

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

8. What does the Weasel want from Stingo?
(a) to conform to office standards
(b) to bring him lunch every day
(c) to write a best selling novel
(d) to bring in more writers

9. How does Stingo respond to Nathan's racism debate?
(a) by saying no people should be condemned as a group
(b) by telling Nathan he didn't know what he was talking about
(c) by saying it wasn't his fault his parents lived in the south
(d) by saying he was prejudiced against men who abused women

10. Who does Stingo watch from his apartment?
(a) the woman who lives in an upscale home across the way
(b) his kid sister who lives down the hall
(c) the police, he's across from a station
(d) the comings and goings of bookies

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

12. What kind of announcement does Nathan plan to make the night they meet in the bar?
(a) about a big scientific breakthrough
(b) that he is mentally ill
(c) that he has changed jobs
(d) that he is moving to Tennessee

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

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

15. Why does Stingo believe Sophie left out important details when telling Nathan about the camp?
(a) she just met him
(b) she has forgotten most of it
(c) from an overwhelming sense of guilt
(d) she doesn't talk to anyone

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Stingo feel when Nathan asks to read his writing?

3. How does Stingo respond to the Weasel's request?

4. What does Farrell urge Stingo to do?

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

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