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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped Sophie with her health problems after she met Nathan?
(a) Nathan's brother, Dr. Larry Landau
(b) Nathan's boss, Dr. Roger Calhoun
(c) Stingo's friend, Dr. Larry Morgan
(d) Nathan's father, Dr. Nathan Landau

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

3. Who did she meet in the library after she fainted?
(a) David
(b) Nathan
(c) Julia
(d) Stingo

4. When was Sophie sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp?
(a) 1943
(b) 1947
(c) 1923
(d) 1935

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

6. Stingo receives a letter from his dad who tells him of what inheritance?
(a) a car
(b) a boat
(c) a million dollars
(d) a small farm

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

8. In Chapter 3, Stingo does not yet know Sophie or Nathan well, but they wake him in the morning and ask him what?
(a) if he was a Jew
(b) to join them on an outing to Coney Island
(c) if their noise disturbed him
(d) if he knew how to speak German

9. What book is Stingo reading the day he has his date with Leslie?
(a) Little Women
(b) Moby Dick
(c) Pride and Prejudice
(d) Crime and Punishment

10. Where were Sophie's father and husband taken?
(a) to Sachsenhausen
(b) to Russia
(c) to Warsaw
(d) to Berlin

11. What is Stingo's goal in life?
(a) to become a writer
(b) to be a stockbroker
(c) to be a bank president
(d) to own McGraw-Hill

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

13. How does Stingo feel about Sophie after he meets her?
(a) he thinks she's dumb
(b) he feels guilty thinking about sleeping with her
(c) he feels like he's in love with her
(d) he decides he doesn't like her that much

14. What does Stingo find when he returns to the boarding house after the fight?
(a) Sophie is sleeping in Stingo's bed
(b) Nathan has wrecked Stingo's room
(c) Nathan has kicked Sophie out of the boarding house
(d) Nathan has fallen asleep in the front yard

15. As he sits in his room trying to write, what does Stingo hear?
(a) the unmistakable sounds of sex in the apartment above him
(b) a fire engine coming down the street
(c) loud music from next door
(d) air raid sirens

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stingo describe Höss' background?

2. How does Stingo end up on his hot date with Leslie?

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

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

5. How does Stingo attempt to calm the situation with Nathan's anger?

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