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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. From which of the following is one of the novel’s epigraphs taken?
2. What brand of coffee does the Rapid City serve?
3. Which of the following photographs Irene?
4. To which of the following does Irene compare a B-17?
5. Which of the following are included in Clubmobile rations?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason had Dorothy been called “Paula” in her childhood (16)?
2. What causes the basement where Irene and Dorothy are trapped to flood?
3. What does Irene posit about the life of the German soldier who threatens her and Dorothy?
4. Why is the base at Glatton named after Glatton rather than the nearer Conington?
5. What donut-making advice do Irene and Dorothy receive from a soldier while sheltering from German attack?
6. Why does Penney ask Irene and Dorothy to carry brandy for him?
7. What are “sounds” on the breakfast menu Irene encounters aboard ship?
8. For what reason had Irene’s family prompted her first engagement?
9. How do Irene and Dorothy use the water they are rationed for washing?
10. What attracts the crew of the Rapid City to the bar in Cambridge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of Good Night, Irene, do so for the present novel? How or how not?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Good Night, Irene, bear as much out?
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