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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stingo goes to get Sophie for their lunch picnic what happens?

2. Why was his picture there, the answer to question#71?

3. From where had Sophie been released right before she met Nathan?

4. After the sounds in question # 19 stop, what does Stingo hear?

5. What does Stingo begin reading at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does he do about not knowing anyone in New York, being a young man interested in women? How is that stopped?

2. Why does Stingo's father write him about an inheritance and what does he say?

3. What types of behavior did Stingo indulge in that his new boss at McGraw-Hill hated?

4. Describe Stingo getting ready for his date with Leslie.

5. Describe the three friends walking the street on the way to Coney Island and how Stingo feels about it.

6. Describe some of Stingo's thoughts about Nathan as they relax in the bar in Chapter 8.

7. What happened to Sophie immediately following her molestation on the subway?

8. Describe Stingo's first morning at the boarding house in relation to his writing.

9. Describe what Sophie says about her early days in Poland.

10. Describe Stingo's feelings about his job and where he moved from to New York.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think in Chapter 3, Stingo did a good job of dealing with writer's block? Why or why not? How would you have handled it?

Essay Topic 2

Pretend you are living in Nazi Germany and have just been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Describe how you feel, what you are seeing, and how you plan to get out of the camp alive.

Essay Topic 3

Stingo said no people, including Germans, should be condemned as a group. What do you think he meant by this statement? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

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