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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 Wanda feel about Sophie being transferred to Hoss's office?
(a) she thought it an opportunity
(b) she was angry
(c) she was jealous
(d) she was indifferent

2. What does Stingo promise to buy Sophie?
(a) a record player
(b) a car
(c) a horse
(d) a nice house

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

4. What did Jozef do in Poland?
(a) teach piano
(b) gather intelligence for the Nazis
(c) nothing, he lived in Germany
(d) kill people who turned in Jews

5. Who assaults Sophie while living in the Hoss household?
(a) Bronek, the evil guard
(b) Wilhelmine, the evil German maid
(c) no one
(d) Hoss, the evil commandant

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Stingo doing during the time in which Sophie was sent to the camp?

2. What does Sophie say about Nathan when Stingo and her are at Jones beach?

3. Who is Irma?

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

5. Who does Sophie dream about on her last night in Hoss' household?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened with Sophie and her boss that causes Nathan to scream at her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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