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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. Who was the Messenger angel that was killed in the novel?
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Judas.
(c) Judiah.
(d) Michael.

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. What does the albino angel say Laylah’s position is in Chapter 31?
(a) Head historian.
(b) Messenger of God.
(c) Head surgeon.
(d) Head warrior.

4. Penryn compares her mother to what animal in Chapter 24?
(a) A lost coyote.
(b) A battered squirrel.
(c) A frightened rabbit.
(d) A wounded feral cat.

5. Penryn says in Chapter 22 that her former neighbor used to keep what displayed on his mantel?
(a) A skull from a baboon.
(b) A set of piranha teeth.
(c) A skeleton of a hamster.
(d) A deer hoof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the crowds by the gates doing as women are admitted or turned away by the entrance guards in Chapter 27?

2. About how old do the girls appear to be that Raffe and Penryn encounter hanging from the tree in Chapter 24?

3. Who does the albino angel say wants the position of messenger “so badly he's practically combing our feathers with his own hands to get the supermajority support he needs” in Chapter 31?

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

5. What is described as having been grafted onto Paige’s teeth in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Penryn encounter Paige in Chapter 37? How is Paige described?

2. Where does the Tweedle brother take Penryn in Chapter 34?

3. What does Paige do to the angel that attacks Penryn in Chapter 39?

4. How does Raffe explain his religious views in Chapter 33?

5. How does Penryn communicate with the Tweedle brother in Chapter 34? What does she learn from him?

6. How is the reunion of Penryn’s family described in Chapter 40?

7. What information does Raffe relate to Penryn of the Watchers and the Nephilim in Chapter 25?

8. How is Penryn saved from the gang of thugs that surrounds her and the Tweedle brother in Chapter 35?

9. Where does Raffe leave Penryn in Chapter 21? What does Penryn do?

10. Why does Raffe solicit Josiah’s help in Chapter 31? How does Josiah respond?

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