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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. Of the ragged people that leer at the car while Penryn drives in Chapter 26, she says, “The way they stare, the way they hide, the way their furtive, dirty faces peer at us with burning curiosity brings to mind the hated word.” What is this word?

2. What is the main course in the room service that Raffe’s ordered while Penryn was showering in Chapter 32?

3. What has the man arrived to deliver when he’s being berated by the angel scientist in Chapter 36?

4. How many men appear and surround Penryn and the Tweedle brother as they are trying to get into the aerie’s parking garage in Chapter 34?

5. In Chapter 25, Raffe tells Penryn that a group of angels were stationed on Earth to observe humans. Some of these angels got lonely and took human wives. What were the hybrid children called?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Penryn first encounter the Politician in Chapter 30? How is this character described?

2. How is the setting of the forest described as Penryn travels through it in Chapter 22?

3. What information does Raffe relate to Penryn of the Watchers and the Nephilim in Chapter 25?

4. Where does Raffe leave Penryn in Chapter 21? What does Penryn do?

5. What gory scene do Raffe and Penryn encounter in Chapter 24? How does Penryn react?

6. Where does the Tweedle brother take Penryn in Chapter 34?

7. What is Penryn’s reaction to the information she’s learned through Josiah and Raffe’s conversation in Chapter 32?

8. How are the hybrid creatures in the glass tubes described in Chapter 36?

9. How is the setting of the interior of the aerie described in Chapter 28? What do Penryn and Raffe do upon entering?

10. Why does Raffe solicit Josiah’s help in Chapter 31? How does Josiah respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of good versus evil in Angelfall. How is this theme developed through the characters of Penryn, Raffe, Paige, and Paige’s mother? Which side do you think is the victor in this battle? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Penryn’s response to the abduction of her sister Paige in the beginning of the novel. Given the supreme power that has been illustrated by the angels, why is Penryn determined that she will even be capable of finding, much less rescuing her sister? How far does Penryn’s determination take her?

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