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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Stingo get his nickname?
(a) in college, playing football
(b) when he was in the army
(c) from his father
(d) at prep school in Virginia

2. With whom does Stingo have a date and how did he meet her?
(a) Leslie Lapidus, with whom Nathan had set him up
(b) Debra Smith, who he met at church
(c) Lynn Tuval, who he met her at work
(d) Susn Patril, who he met at the deli

3. What does the Weasel want from Stingo?
(a) to bring him lunch every day
(b) to conform to office standards
(c) to write a best selling novel
(d) to bring in more writers

4. Why does Stingo describe Höss' background?
(a) to show how bad it was for Sophie
(b) to understand Sophie's time in the camp
(c) in an attempt to understand and explain the nature of evil
(d) to explain why Sophie helped Hoss

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Stingo's Jewish friends seem to him as a child?

2. Stingo falls asleep on the ride to Coney Island he has dreams. How does he feel when he awakens?

3. Who is Theodore Gilmore Bilbo?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Farrell feel about Stingo and what does he say to Stingo about his job and his life?

2. What happens between Stingo and Sophie after she and Nathan fight?

3. What happened the day the day the Nazis came to the university? How did Sophie know?

4. Describe Nathan's and Sophies argument before Stingo, Sophie and Nathan went to Coney Island.

5. What happened to Sophie immediately following her molestation on the subway?

6. Describe what Sophie says about her early days in Poland.

7. What does Nathan do when he returns to Sophie's after meeting at the library.

8. Describe the scene between Stingo and Leslie at her house.

9. What happens in the bar when Nathan shows up the night Sophie is dressed for Nathan's big announcement?

10. Tell the story of how Stingo's father got the money he sent.

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