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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 does Dorothy set up as a target for her shooting lesson with Irene?

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

3. What do Irene and Handyman drink with oysters on the docks in Cannes?

4. At what hotel do Irene and Dorothy stay in Cannes?

5. To whom of the following does Dorothy compare herself and Irene?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Dorothy like the motor pool?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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