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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 Sophie and Nathan are leaving for a party, what news do they hear on the radio?

2. What does Stingo decide about his life during his visit with his father?

3. Where was Sophie's son sent upon arrival at the camp?

4. When did Sophie arrive at Auschwitz ?

5. What does Bronek do for Sophie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe some of the trip Sophie took with Nathan to Connecticut.

3. Describe what Stingo found when he followed Sophie back to New York and what happened after that.

4. 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?

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

6. Describe what happened between Sophie and the German housekeeper, Wilhelmine.

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

8. What is Lebensborn and how did it relate to Sophie?

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

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

Describe the SS Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Franz Höss. Include his explanation of his actions and why he said he had such a difficult life.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Nathan's attitude towards women. Describe Stingo's attitude towards women. How are the two similar? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Sophie's experience in the concentration camp. Include examples from the book.

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