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

2. Why is Stingo reading books about the Holocaust so many years after he met Sophie and Nathan?
(a) he's trying to understand the Jewish religion
(b) he's trying to understand southern racism
(c) he wants to write Sophie and Nathan's story
(d) he likes to irritate his father

3. 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

4. How long did the SS officer say Jews were allowed to live at the camp?
(a) two years
(b) three months
(c) three days
(d) two weeks

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sophie and Stingo decide to go when they leave New York?

2. When Sophie and Nathan are leaving for a party, what news do they hear on the radio?

3. Stingo is called back to the boarding house from his trip. Why?

4. Who was Jozef ?

5. Why is Nat Turner famous?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened when Stingo received a call from Nathan's brother?

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

8. Describe Stingo's interaction with his father during his father's trip to New York.

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

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

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