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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. On which of the following Clubmobiles did the author’s mother serve?

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

3. Whom of the following does Irene quote?

4. From which of the following does Ellie come?

5. What had been the name of Dashiell’s Model T?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the category “Third Girl on the Bus” established?

3. Why does Irene favor autumn?

4. Why does Garcia drive towards Singe Bleu?

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

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

7. What attracts the crew of the Rapid City to the bar in Cambridge?

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

9. Why are Clubmobile workers afforded officer rank?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Good Night, Irene. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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