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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. Why does Sophie wake Stingo early in the morning at the hotel?
(a) to say yes to marriage
(b) to go get her a drink
(c) to make love
(d) so he could take her back

2. Why is Nat Turner famous?
(a) he led a slave revolt
(b) he led the underground railroad
(c) he shot Thomas Jefferson
(d) he was governor of Georgia

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

4. What does Stingo tell Sophie when he does poorly with sex?
(a) he's shy
(b) he's so in love with her he couldn't wait
(c) he'll do better the next time
(d) he is a virgin

5. Who is Professor Biegański?
(a) Sophie's father
(b) Sophie's husband
(c) Sophie's lover in Poland
(d) a friend of Nathan's

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nathan thinking about visiting the south?

2. What does Sophie say to Stingo when she tells him about begging Hoss on her knees?

3. Where does Sophie try to steal a radio?

4. What does Sophie tell Stingo about his career?

5. What does Stingo think about Sophie's position in the camp working for Hoss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of literature is Stingo reading twenty years after meeting Sophie and Nathan and why is he reading it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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