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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Stingo keep checking his watch when he and Sophie are talking?
(a) he has to be at work
(b) his mind is on his hot date that night
(c) he thinks it's not working
(d) he wants to get out before Nathan gets home

2. What does Stingo wonder about the the violence he has witnessed between Nathan and Sophie?
(a) why Yetta puts up with it
(b) why Sophie stays
(c) why Sophie doesn't kill Nathan
(d) how the good parts of the relationship leads to it

3. In what shape was Sophie when the prison was liberated?
(a) starved and ill
(b) better than most prisoners
(c) about the same as when she arrived
(d) thin, but basically healthy

4. How does Stingo see Nathan?
(a) Stingo looks to him as a father figure
(b) Stingo thinks he's perfect for Sophie
(c) Stingo overlooks his meanness
(d) Stingo thinks he should be arrested

5. How does Stingo feel about Sophie after he meets her?
(a) he decides he doesn't like her that much
(b) he feels like he's in love with her
(c) he thinks she's dumb
(d) he feels guilty thinking about sleeping with her

Short Answer Questions

1. What does his father tell him to do?

2. How does Stingo's first novel open?

3. How does Farrell handle a life he hates?

4. Where did Stingo obtain employment when he moved to New York?

5. What book is Stingo reading the day he has his date with Leslie?

(see the answer key)

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