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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. What color is Penryn’s hair described as in Chapter 15?

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

3. Raffe says in Chapter 16 that Obadiah in the Bible was said to have done what?

4. What is the name of the man that Penryn says was their neighbor until a week ago in Chapter 5?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 themes of hope and heroism in Angelfall. How are these themes developed through the characters of Penryn, Raffe, and Obadiah West? What symbolism in the novel relates to these themes? What imagery relates to these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the archangel Gabriel in the novel. What is Gabriel’s role in the Biblical depictions of him? How do these depictions compare with Gabriel’s role in Angelfall? How does Gabriel’s death set in motion the events that dominate the novel?

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