2. Why did Sophie believe her son might be saved?
(a) his father came to get him
(b) Jan was no longer in the Children's Camp
(c) Hoss told her he'd adopt him
(d) she saw a picture in the newspaper that looked like him

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

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

5. How has Stingo reacted to Sophie's story about her son?
(a) he feels like he won't be able to sleep
(b) he's going to join the army
(c) he's not sure he believes it
(d) he's excited

6. What does Nathan say he has found?
(a) the cure for cancer
(b) a measles vaccination
(c) the DNA molecue
(d) a vaccine against polio

7. How did Sophie's husband feel about her father?
(a) he tried to kill him several times
(b) he was nothing more than a disciple of her father's
(c) he thought her father was insane
(d) he fought with him constantly

8. Hoss called Sophie to a window to show her what?
(a) his wife serving a picnic
(b) his prized Arabian stallion
(c) his daughters at play
(d) her son

9. When did Sophie arrive at Auschwitz ?
(a) Christmas Day
(b) Passover
(c) April Fool's Day
(d) Easter

10. How were the children at Auschwitz in the last days of the camp?
(a) burned
(b) froze to death
(c) gas chamber
(d) shot

11. What does Sophie say to Stingo when she tells him about begging Hoss on her knees?
(a) she would have slept with him the rest of her life to save her son
(b) that prisoners were reduced to behaving like animals
(c) she would have killed herself to save her son
(d) how she thought it would work

12. What does Stingo worry about as a potential suitor to Sophie?
(a) that he's from the south
(b) worries about how to support her
(c) that he's not old enough
(d) that he's not handsome

13. Why is Nathan thinking about visiting the south?
(a) he wants to see Stingo's farm
(b) he wants to confront the racism
(c) he enjoys Stingo's novel
(d) he has an uncle there

14. What does Sophie do when Nathan returns after being gone so long?
(a) she kicks him out
(b) she takes him back
(c) she takes him to the hospital
(d) she takes him to his brother's

15. How does Nathan look at a possible trip south?
(a) as a way to cement his friendship with Stingo
(b) as a honeymoon for him and Sophie
(c) as a way for Sophie to remember Germany
(d) as a way to research slavery