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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Penryn’s sister Paige?

2. What clothing is the wounded angel wearing as he sleeps on the sofa in the abandoned office building in Chapter 6?

3. What does Penryn keep the angel’s wings wrapped in during their journey?

4. The angel’s sword that Penryn spies by the car where she hides in Chapter 3 is described as having a blade that is how long?

5. Penryn says that her father has a master’s degree in what subject in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Penryn take the wounded angel in Chapter 6? How is this setting described?

2. How does Penryn describe the setting of the novel in Chapter 1? What is she doing as the novel opens?

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

4. What impressions do the camp soldiers express of Raffe and Penryn in Chapter 16?

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

6. Where is Raffe taken at the camp in Chapter 15? What does Penryn do?

7. What information does Penryn learn about angel swords in Chapter 11?

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

9. How does Raffe help Penryn escape the dogs in Chapter 14? How is Raffe captured?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Tweedledee and Tweedledum in the novel as well as the author’s use of literary allusion in Angelfall. From what prior literary work do the names Tweedledee and Tweedledum come? What other characters in the story have names that are literary allusions? What purpose do these allusions serve?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Beliel in the novel. When does Penryn first encounter Beliel? How has Beliel changed when Penryn sees him for the second time? What are Beliel’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Penryn’s response to the abduction of her sister Paige in the beginning of the novel. Given the supreme power that has been illustrated by the angels, why is Penryn determined that she will even be capable of finding, much less rescuing her sister? How far does Penryn’s determination take her?

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