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

2. Who calls Stingo and asks to meet about Nathan?
(a) Larry, Nathan's brother
(b) Dr. Gover, a doctor of Nathan's
(c) Henry, Nathan's father
(d) Nathan's mother

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

4. What was the name of the pamphlet Sophie's father wrote about Poland?
(a) Poland: A Land Ripe and Ready for Hitler
(b) Poland: The People and Country Compared to Germany
(c) Poland's Jewish Problem: Does National Socialism Have the Answer
(d) Poland: How To Resist The Nazis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sophie and Stingo leave for the beach what is Stingo's concern about Sophie?

2. How does Sophie feel about herself?

3. Why did Sophie leave the party and take a taxi home?

4. Why does Sophie give Hoss pills?

5. How did Wanda feel about Sophie being transferred to Hoss's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sophie's attraction to Dr. Dürrfeld is a metaphor which also came out in her dream. Explain this statement.

2. What do Stingo and Sophie do and talk about in the hotel in Washington?

3. Describe some of the trip Sophie took with Nathan to Connecticut.

4. Describe what happens between Sophie and Hoss when he receives a letter he wants her to translate.

5. What does Sophie say about her father in Chapter 9 that conflicts with her statements concerning him earlier in the book?

6. What did Sophie first tell Stingo about her son and how she tried to help him at the camp?

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

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

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

10. Explain the story about Dr. Walter Dürrfeld and Sophie.

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