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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. Which of the following is left as a gift for Dorothy after her fight with Swede?

2. What denomination is Dorothy?

3. What slang term does the novel use to refer to MPs?

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

5. Which of the following surprises Irene and Dorothy in Cannes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the target of Dorothy’s last mission not to be executed?

2. Why does Irene fear the word “grace” as she awaits transit to Cannes?

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

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

5. What does it mean to “lower the profile” of a vehicle in the novel?

6. What does Garcia note is Irene’s main problem driving?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, the comment is made that “When women rule the world…we’ll have smarter wars” (163). What would such a war look like, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Good Night, Irene? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel assert a hero is? How does it do so?

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