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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. 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?

2. 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?

3. Raffe tells Penryn in Chapter 11, “If you’re ever going to kill an angel” to do it how?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Obadiah tell Penryn and Raffe about the resistance movement in Chapter 18?

3. How is the outdoor setting described in Chapter 2? What objects fall from the sky in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who solicits Penryn to start a fight with Anita at the camp in Chapter 19? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the gender roles and gender expectations presented in Angelfall. In what ways is Penryn expected to fulfill traditional “female roles” in the story? How does Penryn stand out amongst these expectations? How are the male roles different in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Penryn Young as the protagonist in Angelfall. How old is Penryn when the novel begins? What is Penryn’s objective when she leaves her house with her family? How does that objective change in the first chapters of the narrative? How does Penryn evolve as a character throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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