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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, Penryn narrates, “I've been casually trying to collect information on the angels just in case it might come in handy. The hope of an organized resistance, though, went up in smoke along with” what cities?
(a) "Las Vegas and New York."
(b) "San Francisco and Miami."
(c) "Paris and Rome."
(d) "New York and Washington, D.C."

2. Penryn says that she found her lock picking set in the bedroom of what in Chapter 15?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A private detective.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A little boy.

3. When Penryn and Raffe find the half-eaten family, Penryn suggests they get out of their surroundings: “We’re in an open field, and I feel as nervous as a field mouse looking at” what?
(a) "A sky full of hawks."
(b) "A sky full of eagles."
(c) "The mouth of a lion."
(d) "A cat’s mouth."

4. What does Penryn describe as being in the foyer and a deterrent for others to enter the office building she’s hiding in with the wounded angel in Chapter 6?
(a) An erupted toilet.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A gun arsenal.
(d) A cistern of acid.

5. What is Obadiah’s last name in the novel?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Wesson.
(c) West.
(d) Smith.

6. What is the name on the company sign at the office building where Penryn hides with the wounded angel in Chapter 6?
(a) Zygotronics.
(b) Platonics.
(c) Ergonomics.
(d) Perinaturals.

7. What is the “gang symbol” that is nailed to the front door of Penryn’s family’s condo building in Chapter 2?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A star.
(c) A feather.
(d) A rabbit’s foot.

8. Raffe says in Chapter 16 that Obadiah in the Bible was said to have done what?
(a) "Hid the prophets from prosecution."
(b) "Parted the Red Sea."
(c) "Followed and persecuted Judas for his betrayal."
(d) "Nailed Jesus to the cross."

9. Next to the half-eaten family, Penryn discovers a bouquet of what wild sprigs in Chapter 12?
(a) Rosemary and sage.
(b) Juniper and hyssop.
(c) Pansies and orchids.
(d) Daisies and roses.

10. Penryn says that her father has a master’s degree in what subject in Chapter 10?
(a) Musical composition.
(b) Acting.
(c) History.
(d) Engineering.

11. What is the name of the man who suggests Penryn and Raffe pitch in to help at the camp in Chapter 18?
(a) Jacob Richmond.
(b) Jim Boden.
(c) Andrew Taylor.
(d) Peter Smith.

12. What phrase does Penryn decide is an oxymoron as she fights the wingless angel in Chapter 8?
(a) "Jumbo shrimp."
(b) "Personal victory."
(c) "Sympathetic shoulder."
(d) "Angel of mercy."

13. About how old is the girl in the first family that Penryn and Raffe find lying in a pool of blood as they walk near the freeway in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

14. What mental disorder is Penryn’s mother said to have in Chapter 5?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Chronic depression.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Paranoid schizophrenia.

15. Penryn tells her mother when they leave the condo in Chapter 1 to keep running down El Camino until she reaches what street?
(a) Winter St.
(b) Page Mill.
(c) Jefferson Ave.
(d) Sacramento Blvd.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Penryn says of Raffe, “As the old joke goes, he doesn’t need to outrun the bear, he just needs to” what?

2. 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?

3. Penryn describes a seven-foot blow up creature by the cubicles in the office building where she hides in Chapter 6. What is the creature?

4. What California region does Penryn live in with her mother and sister in the beginning of the novel?

5. How old does Penryn say Paige was when she became crippled in Chapter 7?

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