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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 profession had the inmate at Buchenwald had who describes conditions to Irene?

2. To which of the following is Overseas Woman compared?

3. How tall is Smitty?

4. At what bistro do Dorothy and Irene eat in Cannes?

5. What type of transceiver do Clubmobiles have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Irene when she first attempts to fire a pistol under Dorothy’s tutelage?

2. Why do the Germans in Weimar freeze upon the arrival of Patton and McBride?

3. Why does Irene only strike a thin line through the phrase “Trance of romance in France” (235)?

4. Why do the Germans not shoot Irene as she stalks through the forest outside Bastogne?

5. What prompts Irene to decide not to eat her Clubmobile’s donuts again?

6. What does Irene give Handyman as they depart from Cannes?

7. Why were American soldiers told not to feed the inmates at Buchenwald?

8. In the novel, what is a cheese bell?

9. How do Dorothy and Smitty greet when they meet in Cannes?

10. Of what does Irene dream as she awaits transit to Cannes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the novel makes much of letters reaching Irene. What effect do the epistolary interjections have on the narrative, and how is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

There is a substantial jump in time between Parts Four and Five. What effect does this have on the reader, and how is the effect produced?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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