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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Penryn’s last name in the novel?
(a) Smith.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Young.

2. 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) Anna Smith.
(c) Sarah Anderson.
(d) Chrissy Ross.

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

4. When the angel with the snowy wings rolls off the crushed car in Chapter 3, Penryn says that his athletic grace reminds her of what animal she once saw on TV?
(a) A gizelle.
(b) A puma.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A snake.

5. 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) Sacramento Blvd.
(d) Jefferson Ave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Penryn says that she found her lock picking set in the bedroom of what in Chapter 15?

2. 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?

3. How many flights of stairs does Penryn carry her sister down when they leave their condo in Chapter 1?

4. What is the “gang symbol” that is nailed to the front door of Penryn’s family’s condo building in Chapter 2?

5. What phrase does Penryn decide is an oxymoron as she fights the wingless angel in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation takes place between Penryn and the wounded angel in Chapter 6?

2. How is Paige’s injury described in Penryn’s flashback in Chapter 7? When did Paige become disabled?

3. How are the angels described in Chapter 3? What are they doing when Penryn’s family encounters them?

4. How are the dead bodies described that Penryn and Raffe encounter in Chapter 12? What other items are found nearby?

5. How does the angel attack Penryn in Chapter 8? How does Penryn respond?

6. How does Penryn go about engaging Anita in a fight in Chapter 20? How does the fight end?

7. What does Penryn do with the wounded angel at the end of Chapter 5? Why?

8. What does Penryn do with the angel’s sword in Chapter 4? Why?

9. What does Penryn learn about the wounded angel in Chapter 10?

10. Where do Raffe and Penryn travel in Chapter 13? How is the setting described?

(see the answer keys)

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