2. How did Nathan view Stingo as far as Sophie went?
(a) as a guardian to whom he could entrust Sophie
(b) as a little brother
(c) with extreme jealousy
(d) as a close cousin

3. What stuns Stingo about the conversation with Nathan and Nathan's friends on Coney Island?
(a) the frank sexual discussions
(b) the talk about their families
(c) the talk against the United States
(d) the talk against the south

4. What type of role has Stingo acquired in Sophie's life?
(a) the role of little brother
(b) the role of doctor
(c) the role of lover
(d) the role of priestly confessor

5. Why is Madame Bovary Nathan's favorite book?
(a) he likes the author
(b) his brother wrote the book
(c) he likes the character, Madame Bovary
(d) because of its suicide motif

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

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

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

9. Where did Sophie see Hoss's picture one day?
(a) in a magazine
(b) in the newspaper
(c) on the internet
(d) on a wanted poster

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

11. How do Leslie's parents appear to Stingo?
(a) standoffish
(b) cultured and well-mannered
(c) uneducated
(d) boring

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

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

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

15. Who is Theodore Gilmore Bilbo?
(a) a doctor Sophie is seeing
(b) Bilbo is a racist and a petty tyrant
(c) a friend of Nathan's
(d) the governor of Virginia