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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. Where does Penryn hide her pack and the angel wings as she watches the men take Raffe into the camp in Chapter 15?

2. How does Penryn become untied in Chapter 17?

3. What does Penryn say in Chapter 11 is “a pointless and sometimes dangerous exercise”?

4. What does Penryn do with the angel’s sword when she picks it up in Chapter 4?

5. What road does Penryn plan to take into San Francisco in order to avoid highly populated areas as long as possible in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Penryn find when she follows Raffe’s captors to the camp in Chapter 15?

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

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

4. What do Penryn and her mother carry downstairs from their condo in Chapter 1? What is their plan for traveling?

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

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

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

8. How does Obadiah explain the reaction of the soldiers during Penryn’s fight with Boden in Chapter 19?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Laylah in the novel. How is Laylah’s appearance described? What is her history with Raffe, based on their interactions? Is Laylah a protagonist or antagonist in the narrative? Why?

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 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?

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