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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 word from Chapter 25 is a military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain vital information about enemy forces or features of the environment for later analysis and/or dissemination?
(a) Cultism.
(b) Mutation.
(c) Interrogation.
(d) Recon.

2. In Chapter 23, Penryn dreams about fighting with the woman at the camp. What comes pouring down on her and the fighting woman in the dream?
(a) Money.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Oil.
(d) Blood.

3. Penryn says in Chapter 24, “As we head out of the house, I wonder how my mother is doing. A part of me worries about her, a part of me is glad to be free of her, and all of me feels guilty for” what?
(a) "Abandoning her."
(b) "Letting go of her."
(c) "Sending her to the hospital."
(d) "Not taking better care of her."

4. In Chapter 26, Penryn describes the “end of the world when a box of crackers is worth more than” what?
(a) "A Cadillac."
(b) "A BMW."
(c) "A Mercedes."
(d) "A mansion."

5. How does Raffe describe his religious beliefs in Chapter 33?
(a) He is Jewish.
(b) He is a devout Catholic.
(c) He is atheist.
(d) He is agnostic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, Penryn says that about a dozen soldiers had run toward the scream. Now, as she stands by the hiding place where she stored the wings with Raffe, how many soldiers does she see still standing?

2. What does Penryn grab from a table and hurl at the angel in the science lab, cutting him on the neck, in Chapter 38?

3. What has Penryn ordered from room service when one of the Tweedle brothers finally brings it in Chapter 34?

4. What color are Raffe’s eyes described as in Chapter 24?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the chaos at the camp in Chapter 21. Where do Penryn and Raffe go?

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

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

5. How is the setting of the forest described as Penryn travels through it in Chapter 22?

6. How does Raffe save Penryn in Chapter 23? What does Penryn do to help?

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

8. Where does Penryn first encounter the Politician in Chapter 30? How is this character described?

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

10. How is the setting of the financial district described in Chapter 27?

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