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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. Whom of the following does Irene quote?

2. Which of the following is used as a term for infantry in the novel?

3. Which of the following dispatches a film crew to Glatton?

4. Where does Irene train for Red Cross service?

5. With what perfume was the Dear John letter to the captain from San Francisco scented?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Irene favor autumn?

2. What are “sounds” on the breakfast menu Irene encounters aboard ship?

3. How does Irene reward Garcia for his help?

4. Why does Garcia drive towards Singe Bleu?

5. What does Irene posit about the life of the German soldier who threatens her and Dorothy?

6. What, in the novel, does “LST” signify?

7. Why was Irene told to put a slip of paper with “Jesus” on it in her shoes?

8. Why does Irene recognize herself as a coward?

9. Why, per the novel, is the Red Cross red?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Urrea’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Good Night, Irene, on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the type of text? How does it do so?

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