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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 Sophie say to Stingo's marriage proposal?
2. What is Stingo asked to do when he meets with the person from question #162?
3. What were the two types of concentration camps in Poland?
4. Why is Stingo interested in writing about Sophie?
5. What does the doctor at Auschwitz tell Sophie about her children?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what first happens when Nathan returns to the boarding house in Chapter 14.
2. Describe the last night Stingo spent with Sophie.
3. Describe the day Sophie was arrested.
4. How did Sophie think of Hoss by the time he leaves the camp?
5. Describe what Stingo found when he followed Sophie back to New York and what happened after that.
6. What happened when Stingo received a call from Nathan's brother?
7. Describe some of the trip Sophie took with Nathan to Connecticut.
8. What did Sophie first tell Stingo about her son and how she tried to help him at the camp?
9. How does Stingo feel about fiction writers using the Holocaust as part of works of fiction? Why does he believe it is all right if he does that?
10. Write a short paragraph about why Nat Turner is famous and why Stingo tells Nathan about him.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Although belief in the basic evil of the Jewish people was part of the cause of the holocaust, it was not a phenomena that existed only in Nazi Germany. The Jewish people have been reviled and persecuted throughout most of their history. How do you think the general attitude of the world towards Jews helped produce Nazi Germany? Use examples from the book and your own research.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Nazi program Lebensborn. Why do you think this program existed?
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