3. What does Nathan announce at the party about him and Sophie?
(a) they are getting married
(b) they are going to have a child
(c) they are splitting up
(d) they are getting a divorce

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) Hermann Göring has committed suicide
(c) Warsaw has been set afire
(d) the United States is declaring war on Russia

5. Who is Irma?
(a) the hotel maid
(b) the owner of Monty's
(c) a friend of Sophie's at Auschwitz
(d) a bad German at Auschwitz

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie say to his marriage proposal?

2. Who is Professor Biegański?

3. Why did Sophie believe her son might be saved?

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

5. Who calls Stingo and asks to meet about Nathan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie tell Stingo in Chapter 9 about her time in Auschwitz?

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

3. Describe the last night Stingo spent with Sophie.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Stingo observe at the celebration that the three have after Stingo returns from Nathan's brother?

10. Describe what first happens when Nathan returns to the boarding house in Chapter 14.

(see the answer keys)

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