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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. When Sophie was working in the Hoss's household, where did she sleep?
(a) in the washroom
(b) in the basement
(c) in the attic
(d) in the backyard

2. When Bronek tells Sophie Höss is about to be transferred, why does she panic?
(a) it would mean she'd not see Bronek again
(b) it would stop her plan for her son
(c) she would be left at the mercy of the housekeeper
(d) it would mean she's have to go into the regular camp

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

4. When Sophie and Nathan are leaving for a party, what news do they hear on the radio?
(a) Germany has started to fight again
(b) the United States is declaring war on Russia
(c) Warsaw has been set afire
(d) Hermann Göring has committed suicide

5. Where do Sophie and Stingo decide to go when they leave New York?
(a) to Maine
(b) to Florida
(c) to Virginia
(d) to Oklahoma

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nathan thinking about visiting the south?

2. Why does Sophie give Hoss pills?

3. What effect did Sophie's father's pamphlet have on his life?

4. When on the subway to meet his father, what is on Stingo's mind?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the last night Stingo spent with Sophie.

2. Stingo, as the older narrator, recites some statistics about the Holocaust. Give a summary of them.

3. What is Lebensborn and how did it relate to Sophie?

4. Describe the memory Sophie has been circling around the entire book.

5. Write a short paragraph about why Nat Turner is famous and why Stingo tells Nathan about him.

6. Describe some of the differences between Sophie's stay at the Hoss's household and the way the rest of the camp prisoners lived.

7. Why is Stingo concerned about Sophie's drinking?

8. Describe what Stingo found when he followed Sophie back to New York and what happened after that.

9. Describe what happened between Sophie and the German housekeeper, Wilhelmine.

10. What did Sophie tell about her son and the concentration camp?

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