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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Stingo's father suggest to him?
(a) he use it for writing
(b) he sells it
(c) he comes home
(d) he gets another job
2. Of whom does Stingo remind Farrell?
(a) his grandson
(b) of his son who died in the war
(c) his brother
(d) a favorite cousin
3. Why is Yetta yelling at Moishe Muskatblit?
(a) he didn't fix the kitchen sink
(b) he tracked mud into the hall
(c) he hasn't paid his rent
(d) he has a girlfriend
4. What does Farrell urge Stingo to do?
(a) to strike out on his own and pursue his dreams
(b) to join the navy
(c) to kill the Weasel
(d) to get married and have children
5. When Stingo goes to get Sophie for their lunch picnic what happens?
(a) he grabs her and kisses her
(b) he sees that she has no teeth
(c) he trips and knocks her down
(d) nothing happens
6. What does Nathan do for Sophie on the night they meet?
(a) gets her a job
(b) beats her
(c) cooks her an iron concentrated dinner
(d) proposes marriage
7. What three things is keeping Stingo in New York?
(a) he was writing again, he has met Sophie and Nathan; and he thinks he has a steady sex partner
(b) he likes New York, he has a new job, he has found a girl
(c) he is writing again, he is now employed, he has found a new apartment
(d) he is sick, he and Sophie are dating, and Nathan has given him a job
8. What does Sophie notice about Nathan's eyes when he's screaming at her?
(a) his pupils had dilated to the size of dimes
(b) his pupils are small pinpoints
(c) he has blue contacts on
(d) his eyes keep rolling up
9. What happened to Stingo's old girl friend, back home?
(a) she passed away from cancer
(b) she was murdered
(c) she died in childbirth
(d) she just died, by suicide
10. From where had Sophie been released right before she met Nathan?
(a) a Nazi concentration camp
(b) in a state mental hospital
(c) in a state prison
(d) as a prisoner of war in Japan
11. 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) loud music from next door
(c) air raid sirens
(d) a fire engine coming down the street
12. Why is Nathan screaming at Sophie in the bar?
(a) he's accusing Sophie of lying about her father
(b) he thinks she's sleeping with Stingo
(c) he's angry she won't move to Tennessee with him
(d) he'saccusing Sophie of having sex with Dr. Blackstock's assistant
13. Where did Stingo's father get the money?
(a) part of a severance package
(b) an inheritance
(c) from Stingo's brother
(d) from a robbery
14. How does Stingo's first novel open?
(a) with a dead girl being disinterred from her pauper's grave
(b) with an abusive man beating his girl friend
(c) with a man being put in an insane asylum
(d) with a young boy lost in New York
15. What kind of apartment does Stingo have?
(a) tiny, cheap, cubby-hole of an apartment
(b) a brownstone in Queens
(c) the penthouse in the Regency
(d) a loft on Fifth Avenue
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Stingo get his nickname?
2. Where did Sophie see Hoss's picture one day?
3. Where did Stingo learn his religious prejudices about Judaism?
4. Why does Stingo believe Sophie left out important details when telling Nathan about the camp?
5. How does Nathan feel about Stingo being a writer?
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