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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. What does Stingo worry about as a potential suitor to Sophie?
2. Hoss called Sophie to a window to show her what?
3. What does Sophie say is the reason Nathan treats her and Stingo so poorly?
4. What does Nathan announce at the party about him and Sophie?
5. How were the children at Auschwitz in the last days of the camp?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what happened between Sophie and the German housekeeper, Wilhelmine.
2. Describe the memory Sophie has been circling around the entire book.
3. Sophie's attraction to Dr. Dürrfeld is a metaphor which also came out in her dream. Explain this statement.
4. Describe some of the differences between Sophie's stay at the Hoss's household and the way the rest of the camp prisoners lived.
5. What does Sophie tell Stingo in Chapter 9 about her time in Auschwitz?
6. Write a short paragraph about why Nat Turner is famous and why Stingo tells Nathan about him.
7. What happened with Sophie and her boss that causes Nathan to scream at her?
8. Describe the day Sophie was arrested.
9. Describe what Stingo found when he followed Sophie back to New York and what happened after that.
10. What does Sophie say about her father in Chapter 9 that conflicts with her statements concerning him earlier in the book?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Sophie tells Stingo much more of her experiences in the concentration camp than she tells Nathan? Use examples from the book to support your opinion.
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