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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathan rave about in the motel in Connecticut?
(a) that Sophie is a Nazi
(b) that the Jews are treated unfairly
(c) that he and Sophie must die
(d) that Germany should be destroyed completely

2. Why was Sophie arrested?
(a) being a member of the resistance
(b) smuggling a contraband ham
(c) helping Jews
(d) smuggling cigarettes

3. At the beginning of Chapter 16, Stingo asserts one of his talents holds him in good stead on the train with Sophie. What is that talent?
(a) his fighting ability
(b) his singing
(c) his writing
(d) his ability to talk

4. What does Sophie tell Stingo about his career?
(a) he'll never make money as a writer
(b) he should move back home and be a farmer
(c) that he will be a famous author someday
(d) he should be a doctor

5. What does Nathan announce at the party about him and Sophie?
(a) they are getting married
(b) they are splitting up
(c) they are going to have a child
(d) they are getting a divorce

6. Sophie helped Hoss with his work beyond what he required of her. Why?
(a) she fell in love with him
(b) she wanted him to trust her so she could kill him
(c) she was trying to get him to see her as a person
(d) she felt sorry for him

7. How much money did Nathan give Stingo?
(a) one hundred dollars
(b) fifty dollars
(c) a thousand dollars
(d) two hundred dollars

8. In Chapter 10, Hoss comes into the office in a fury and demands Sophie do what, immediately?
(a) she sleep with him
(b) she get rid of his headache
(c) she translate a letter written in Polish
(d) she sleep with his superior office

9. What was Stingo doing during the time in which Sophie was sent to the camp?
(a) attending college
(b) trying to gain enough weight to join the Marines
(c) working on the family farm
(d) finishing high school

10. What does Stingo pretend to be at the motel with Sophie?
(a) a doctor
(b) a reverend
(c) a soldier
(d) Sophie's brother

11. Why is Stingo reading books about the Holocaust so many years after he met Sophie and Nathan?
(a) he likes to irritate his father
(b) he wants to write Sophie and Nathan's story
(c) he's trying to understand southern racism
(d) he's trying to understand the Jewish religion

12. What was Sophie comforting Dr. Blackstock?
(a) his son died
(b) his wife was killed
(c) his daugther was killed by a mugger
(d) he lost his wife in Germany

13. Where was Sophie's son sent upon arrival at the camp?
(a) back to Warsaw
(b) the Children's Camp
(c) to Hoss's household
(d) to Germany

14. What kind of musical instrument did Sophie's daughter play?
(a) a tuba
(b) a violin
(c) a flute
(d) the piano

15. What does Sophie say to Stingo's marriage proposal?
(a) are you crazy?
(b) no
(c) that they live together first
(d) yes

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Stingo reacted to Sophie's story about her son?

2. When Bronek tells Sophie Höss is about to be transferred, why does she panic?

3. Stingo is called back to the boarding house from his trip. Why?

4. Who assaults Sophie while living in the Hoss household?

5. What does Bronek do for Sophie?

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