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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does Penryn hear that informs her the dogs have caught up with Raffe in Chapter 14?
(a) A dog yelping in pain.
(b) Raffe screaming for help.
(c) The sound of a shotgun.
(d) The sound of the dogs tearing him apart.

2. 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) A gun arsenal.
(b) An erupted toilet.
(c) A cistern of acid.
(d) A dead body.

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

4. What is the name of the man that Penryn says was their neighbor until a week ago in Chapter 5?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Justin.
(c) Peter.
(d) James.

5. 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) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

6. Penryn says that after Paige became paralyzed, her mother enrolled her in self-defense classes at a martial arts studio. Penryn’s mother prepaid for Penryn’s lessons in cash for how many years worth of training?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

7. What does Penryn say her mother has stuffed in every pocket of her sweater and jacket as well as in her cart in Chapter 1?
(a) Tea spoons.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Butter knives.
(d) Rotten eggs.

8. What clothing is the wounded angel wearing as he sleeps on the sofa in the abandoned office building in Chapter 6?
(a) A bathrobe.
(b) A winter coat and stockings.
(c) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(d) Boots and pants.

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

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

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

12. As Penryn inwardly negotiates her options in Chapter 17, she realizes that if Raffe “tells the other angels and they kill off the movement, I'll be the” what “of my kind”?
(a) "Hero."
(b) "Jesus."
(c) "Benedict Arnold."
(d) "Judas."

13. Penryn says in Chapter 1 that her favorite boots used to be her favorites because she once got a compliment from whom about the look of the leather strips on the sides?
(a) Misty Johnson.
(b) Chrissy Ross.
(c) Anna Smith.
(d) Sarah Anderson.

14. 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?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) A dinosaur.

15. 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) "Paris and Rome."
(c) "New York and Washington, D.C."
(d) "San Francisco and Miami."

Short Answer Questions

1. Next to the half-eaten family, Penryn discovers a bouquet of what wild sprigs in Chapter 12?

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

3. What duty at the camp is Penryn given in Chapter 18?

4. The building in the center of the compound where the men take Raffe in Chapter 15 is described as being large enough to house about how many people?

5. Why is Penryn unable to find a tree to climb to escape the dogs in Chapter 14?

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