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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What California region does Penryn live in with her mother and sister in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Shasta Valley.
(b) San Joaquin Valley.
(c) Yosemite Valley.
(d) Silicon Valley.

2. Of the ragged people that leer at the car while Penryn drives in Chapter 26, she says, “The way they stare, the way they hide, the way their furtive, dirty faces peer at us with burning curiosity brings to mind the hated word.” What is this word?
(a) Surrogate.
(b) Ape.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Parasite.

3. Penryn says in Chapter 25 that what highway is a main artery into San Francisco, and the location where Penryn first hears a working truck in the novel?
(a) Highway 78.
(b) Highway 66.
(c) Highway 280.
(d) Highway 45.

4. How many men follow in pursuit of the dogs after Raffe has put Penryn in the tree and disappeared down the hill in Chapter 14?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

5. What color is Penryn’s hair described as in Chapter 15?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Light brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raffe say in Chapter 25 “are forbidden to Angels”?

2. Where does Penryn describe seeing television footage of angels “plucking a military helicopter out of the sky and tossing it into” the crowd in Chapter 2?

3. The leader of the people who have captured Penryn and Raffe in Chapter 16 “We figured someone else was carrying the matching half of the supplies. Although, frankly, I wasn't expecting a rescue attempt. And certainly not” what?

4. What name does Penryn call the angel that cuts off the snowy-winged angel’s wings in Chapter 3?

5. When did the Great Earthquake hit San Francisco and cause massive devastation from the fires that broke out as a result?

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