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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 operation had liberated Cannes?

2. Which of the following does Dorothy associate with Provençal cuisine?

3. What nickname is applied to the half-track Garcia tends?

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

5. From where is The Ranger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What methods do Clubmobile workers use to deflect sexual advances?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Dorothy like the motor pool?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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