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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 fixture do the bathrooms of Le Singe Bleu boast?

2. What operation had liberated Cannes?

3. What kind of dessert does Dorothy have on her first night in Cannes?

4. What does Dorothy use to blacken her face for night missions?

5. What did Irene’s erstwhile fiancé drink?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What plan for life after the war does Dorothy voice to Irene?

3. How does Penney explain placing Holly with the Rapid City?

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

5. In the novel, what is spider-crawling?

6. What orders do Irene and Dorothy have at Le Singe Bleu?

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

8. What thought do Irene and Dorothy have in common with the soldiers at Patton’s arrival?

9. How does Dorothy initially wear a beret?

10. How does one German professor explain the beginning of the war on Germany’s part?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Good Night, Irene? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel justifies the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than historical fiction might Good Night, Irene, be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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