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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 slang term does the novel use to refer to MPs?

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

3. At what bistro do Dorothy and Irene eat in Cannes?

4. What type of transceiver do Clubmobiles have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was the target of Dorothy’s last mission not to be executed?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Dorothy like the motor pool?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a substantial jump in time between Parts Four and Five. What effect does this have on the reader, and how is the effect produced?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Good Night, Irene, bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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