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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 song does Walker sing at the talent show?

2. On which of the following avenues does Irene’s mother have an antique store?

3. Which of the following does Smitty impersonate in the talent show?

4. What was Garcia’s boxing record?

5. What article of clothing does Irene wear that shocks Dorothy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irene reward Garcia for his help?

2. For what reason had Irene’s family prompted her first engagement?

3. How does Garcia explain his enlistment?

4. Why does Garcia drive towards Singe Bleu?

5. Why does Penney ask Irene and Dorothy to carry brandy for him?

6. What purpose does the ceiling canvas serve in the thatched cottage where Irene lodges in Glatton?

7. What is the reason behind the imperative for Clubmobile workers not to walk into a field?

8. How do Irene and Dorothy use the water they are rationed for washing?

9. Why does Irene favor autumn?

10. How did Irene acquire the nickname “Gator”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What case does the novel make for (or against) the acceptability of violence? How does it make that case?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Good Night, Irene, should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What overall philosophical position does the novel take? What in the text indicates that position? How does the text indicate it?

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