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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. The main artery of town in Chapter 2 is described as “El Camino Real” which is translated into English as what, according to Penryn’s Spanish teacher?

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

3. Penryn says that she found her lock picking set in the bedroom of what in Chapter 15?

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

5. How old does Penryn say Paige was when she became crippled in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the angel attack Penryn in Chapter 8? How does Penryn respond?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Watchers and the Nephilim described in Raffe’s “history lesson” in Chapters 25 and 26. How are these creatures described? What literary or Biblical allusion is used in Raffe’s depictions? What happened to the Watchers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of Angelfall in the first chapters and the author’s use of imagery in the setting. How might you imagine the Silicon Valley area prior to the apocalypse? How has it changed in the period before the novel opens? Who “rules the streets” in Cassie’s neighborhood?

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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