3. What does the doctor at Auschwitz tell Sophie about her children?
(a) they are sick children
(b) they must go to Germany
(c) she may keep one of them
(d) they are beautiful

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

5. What does Stingo pretend to be at the motel with Sophie?
(a) Sophie's brother
(b) a reverend
(c) a soldier
(d) a doctor

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Stingo interested in writing about Sophie?

2. What is the program Sophie tells Stingo about as a hope she had for her son?

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

4. Why was Sophie given a preferred position in the concentration camp?

5. What music did Sophie often hear while working for Hoss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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