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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 plays does Irene find in the house where she and Dorothy seek refuge?

2. From what port does the Rapid City leave England for the Continent?

3. What rank does Garcia hold?

4. Which of the following authors’ works does Irene find in the house where she and Dorothy seek refuge?

5. In which hotel does Irene stay in Washington, DC?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, in the novel, does “LST” signify?

2. In the novel, what does a Zone 5 patch signify?

3. Why does Garcia drive towards Singe Bleu?

4. What attracts the crew of the Rapid City to the bar in Cambridge?

5. What causes the basement where Irene and Dorothy are trapped to flood?

6. What does Irene posit about the life of the German soldier who threatens her and Dorothy?

7. What is the reason behind the imperative for Clubmobile workers not to walk into a field?

8. How does Garcia explain his enlistment?

9. What are “sounds” on the breakfast menu Irene encounters aboard ship?

10. How did Irene acquire the nickname “Gator”?

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

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of Good Night, Irene, do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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