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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What orderly tends to Irene during her convalescence?
(a) Richard.
(b) Harold.
(c) Ezekiel.
(d) Darrell.

2. Which of the following is left as a gift for Dorothy after her fight with Swede?
(a) Gummy bears.
(b) Licorice.
(c) Jelly beans.
(d) Saltwater taffy.

3. What American officer accepts the surrender of Weimar?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Costello.
(c) Abbot.
(d) Laurel.

4. In which of the following do Irene and Dorothy work?
(a) Herleshausen.
(b) Gerstungen.
(c) Ruhia.
(d) Eisenach.

5. With which of the following does "This Is How We Forget" begin?
(a) “The old life was over.”
(b) “Then Irene Woodward escaped New York and went to war.”
(c) “Irene stuffed a letter to Handyman in the mailbag and opened a fan letter in a flimsy international airmail envelope.”
(d) “Then the old woman stood on the far side of the decades.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What conveys Irene and Dorothy to Cannes?

2. Which of the following does Handyman offer to sing for Irene?

3. How does the novel translate Le Singe Bleu?

4. What type of transceiver do Clubmobiles have?

5. What is the name of Dorothy and Irene’s waiter on their first night in Cannes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do American forces respond to discovering Nazis in hiding after the surrender of Weimar?

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

4. What prompts Irene and Dorothy to conduct their donut service just before Easter with French accents?

5. Why does Dorothy like the motor pool?

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

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

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

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

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

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