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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 surprises Irene and Dorothy in Cannes?
2. Which of the following do Irene and Dorothy find on a map?
3. Which magazine is noted as the Clubmobile’s preference?
4. At what bistro do Dorothy and Irene eat in Cannes?
5. Which of the following skills does Dorothy possess and enjoy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What prompts Irene to decide not to eat her Clubmobile’s donuts again?
2. How does one German professor explain the beginning of the war on Germany’s part?
3. Of what does Irene dream as she awaits transit to Cannes?
4. What orders do Irene and Dorothy have at Le Singe Bleu?
5. In the novel, what is a cheese bell?
6. How do American forces respond to discovering Nazis in hiding after the surrender of Weimar?
7. What prompts Irene and Dorothy to conduct their donut service just before Easter with French accents?
8. Why does Irene fear the word “grace” as she awaits transit to Cannes?
9. What does Garcia note is Irene’s main problem driving?
10. What does it mean to “lower the profile” of a vehicle in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what genre other than historical fiction might Good Night, Irene, be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?
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
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?
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