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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 eyes keep rolling up
(c) his pupils are small pinpoints
(d) he has blue contacts on

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

4. What has inspired Stingo to write?
(a) living in New York city
(b) Maria Hunt's suicide
(c) watching Sophie
(d) hearing Nathan and Sophie

5. How does Stingo attempt to calm the situation with Nathan's anger?
(a) by putting a drug in his wine
(b) by proposing a toast to Nathan
(c) by flattering him
(d) by threatening him

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

7. What does Stingo compare Nathan to because of Nathan's education?
(a) a great scientist
(b) an all-around Renaissance man
(c) a college professor
(d) an educated country boy

8. What did Morris see the morning Stingo goes with them for a day out?
(a) a bunch of Catholics going to mass
(b) Nathan slapping Sophie as she lies on the floor
(c) Sophie packing her bags
(d) Nathan with another woman

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

10. Where did Stingo obtain employment when he moved to New York?
(a) wall street
(b) Manhattan Bank
(c) the publishing firm of McGraw-Hill
(d) New York circuit court

11. What does Nathan think is wrong with Sophie?
(a) mental illness
(b) stress
(c) bad bones
(d) simple iron deficiency

12. Why is Yetta yelling at Moishe Muskatblit?
(a) he hasn't paid his rent
(b) he has a girlfriend
(c) he didn't fix the kitchen sink
(d) he tracked mud into the hall

13. Where did her parents work?
(a) they were both professors at the university
(b) they worked in a shoe factory
(c) her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse
(d) her father was in governemnt, her mother a housewife

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

15. What's happening the first time Stingo sees Sophie?
(a) Sophie is slapping Nathan
(b) Sophie is pushing a baby stroller
(c) Nathan is screaming at her in the hallway
(d) they are both doing laundry

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stingo find when he returns to the boarding house after the fight?

2. What does Nathan do that Stingo thinks is funny as they're walking down the street?.

3. What kind of house is Stingo expecting Leslie's to be?

4. What did Stingo receive from his dad after he lost his job?

5. How do Sophie and Nathan dress after their fight?

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