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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 American officer accepts the surrender of Weimar?

2. At what age does Penney become enamored by Holly?

3. What make of motorcycle does Garcia report having?

4. With what are Irene and Dorothy gifted after working in a field hospital?

5. Which of the following does Dorothy discover in Cannes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. To what life does Billy G return after he leaves the war?

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

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

10. Why does Dorothy like the motor pool?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Irene attempts to write letters to her mother. Why is she is not always successful? What in the novel demonstrates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What overall philosophical position does the novel take? What in the text indicates that position? How does the text indicate it?

Essay Topic 3

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

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