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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sophie tell Hoss about her being at the camp?
(a) that her husband was German and she shouldn't be there
(b) she was sent there by mistake
(c) that she was a spy for the SS
(d) that she was German and she shouldn't be there

2. How did Dürrfeld feel about Sophie?
(a) he was attracted to her
(b) he thought her childish
(c) he was indifferent to her
(d) he hated her

3. Stingo falls asleep on the beach. What does Sophie do?
(a) finishes the bottle of whiskey
(b) swims far out to drown
(c) takes a bus home
(d) walks the beach

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

5. What does Stingo tell Sophie when he does poorly with sex?
(a) he is a virgin
(b) he's shy
(c) he's so in love with her he couldn't wait
(d) he'll do better the next time

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

7. Who does Wanda tell Sophie to look for in Hoss's household?
(a) Bronek
(b) Robert
(c) Havel
(d) Marie

8. What did Hoss promise her?
(a) she would go with him
(b) she would see her son
(c) she would be reunited with her son and go with him
(d) she would be released

9. When on the subway to meet his father, what is on Stingo's mind?
(a) mourning over the loss of Nathan and Sophie
(b) the next chapter of his book
(c) how to tell his father no
(d) his old high school

10. What does Stingo promise to buy Sophie?
(a) a record player
(b) a nice house
(c) a horse
(d) a car

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

12. Who assaults Sophie while living in the Hoss household?
(a) Wilhelmine, the evil German maid
(b) no one
(c) Bronek, the evil guard
(d) Hoss, the evil commandant

13. What does Stingo think about Sophie's position in the camp working for Hoss?
(a) she was a prostitute
(b) she was a bad mother
(c) she was a traitor
(d) she was lucky compared to others at the camp

14. When Sophie and Stingo leave for the beach what is Stingo's concern about Sophie?
(a) she thinks she should die
(b) she still pines for Nathan
(c) she hasn't eaten breakfast
(d) she's drinking too much

15. 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 ability to talk
(b) his singing
(c) his writing
(d) his fighting ability

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie tell Stingo about his career?

2. What is Stingo asked to do when he meets with the person from question #162?

3. How does Nathan look at a possible trip south?

4. Where does Stingo go for ten days after the meeting in question #162?

5. In Chapter 10, Hoss comes into the office in a fury and demands Sophie do what, immediately?

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