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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. When Penryn is captured in Chapter 16, she notes that “Raffe makes a low sound in his throat that reminds me of” what?

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

3. What is the only food that Penryn and Raffe are able to find in the house before leaving in Chapter 11?

4. Penryn describes the houses outside of town that she and Raffe ransack for food as being largely hidden behind what kind of trees in Chapter 13?

5. What mental disorder is Penryn’s mother said to have in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Raffe and Penryn travel in Chapter 13? How is the setting described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analyze the character of Uriel in Angelfall. What does Uriel want in the story? How does he go about achieving this objective? What are Penryn’s impressions of Uriel when she first sees him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the various origins, history, and descriptions of angels in the mythologies and religions of the world. How do the angels in Angelfall relate to these descriptions? Do you envision the angels in this novel similarly to those seen in the apocalyptic descriptions of the ancient holy books? Why or why not?

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