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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. How does Stingo feel about his old girlfriend's death?
(a) concern, as well as a certain despair
(b) happy
(c) indifferent
(d) angry

2. How does Stingo respond to Nathan's racism debate?
(a) by saying he was prejudiced against men who abused women
(b) by saying it wasn't his fault his parents lived in the south
(c) by saying no people should be condemned as a group
(d) by telling Nathan he didn't know what he was talking about

3. Where did Stingo learn his religious prejudices about Judaism?
(a) in Sunday School
(b) from Nathan
(c) from his father
(d) from his employer

4. Why does Stingo keep checking his watch when he and Sophie are talking?
(a) he wants to get out before Nathan gets home
(b) he thinks it's not working
(c) his mind is on his hot date that night
(d) he has to be at work

5. What does Stingo sense between Nathan and Sophie?
(a) hatred and anger
(b) a sense of happiness
(c) the continual tension
(d) deep, abiding love

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sophie feel Dr. Blackstock's treatments were doing?

2. What does Nathan do for Sophie on the night they meet?

3. Where are Leslie's parents going the night Stingo meets them?

4. Why is Yetta yelling at Moishe Muskatblit?

5. What does Farrell urge Stingo to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Commandant Hoss say he had it as difficult as the prisoners?

3. Describe Stingo's thoughts on Senator Theodore Gilmore Bilbo and why he was thinking of him.

4. Describe Sophie's time in Sweden after she was liberated from the concentration camp.

5. Describe Stingo getting ready for his date with Leslie.

6. Describe Stingo's feelings about his job and where he moved from to New York.

7. When Stingo sees Yetta yelling at Moishe what goes through his mind about Jews?

8. What does Sophie tell Nathan the first night they met about her background in the camp?

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

10. Describe the three friends walking the street on the way to Coney Island and how Stingo feels about it.

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