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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what later comedian does the older narrator compare Nathan?
(a) Steven Martin
(b) Bob Hope
(c) Laurel and Hardy
(d) Lenny Bruce

2. When Stingo goes to get Sophie for their lunch picnic what happens?
(a) nothing happens
(b) he trips and knocks her down
(c) he grabs her and kisses her
(d) he sees that she has no teeth

3. What does Stingo do on this first morning in the boarding house?
(a) slept in late
(b) went to see Farrell
(c) bought writing supplies
(d) bought a small dog

4. How does Stingo attempt to calm the situation with Nathan's anger?
(a) by threatening him
(b) by proposing a toast to Nathan
(c) by flattering him
(d) by putting a drug in his wine

5. How do Leslie's parents appear to Stingo?
(a) cultured and well-mannered
(b) boring
(c) uneducated
(d) standoffish

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sophie get a better job, at first, at the camp?

2. When did the Nazi soldiers enter Cracow?

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

4. Where did her parents work?

5. What color is the Yetta Zimmerman's boarding house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens between Stingo and Sophie after she and Nathan fight?

4. Describe the conversation Stingo and Sophie have in the park when they go for lunch in Chapter 6.

5. Why does Commandant Hoss say he had it as difficult as the prisoners?

6. Describe the scene between Stingo and Leslie at her house.

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

8. What happened the day the day the Nazis came to the university? How did Sophie know?

9. Describe how Stingo finds out about his old girlfriend, Maria and how he feels about it.

10. Describe Nathan's criticism of Stingo's southern origins. To what does he compare Stingo?

(see the answer keys)

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