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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 Raffe leaves for his surgery in Chapter 33, he tells Penryn that if he’s not back by dawn to find whom to help her get out of the aerie?

2. When did the Great Earthquake hit San Francisco and cause massive devastation from the fires that broke out as a result?

3. What happened to the angels stationed on Earth that married human women and had hybrid children, according to Raffe in Chapter 25?

4. Penryn says in Chapter 33 that her mother’s belief in the devil is what?

5. In Chapter 26, Penryn describes the “end of the world when a box of crackers is worth more than” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the chaos at the camp in Chapter 21. Where do Penryn and Raffe go?

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

3. How is the setting of the financial district described in Chapter 27?

4. Where do Penryn and Raffe go in Chapter 23? What information does Raffe relate of the attackers?

5. How is the reunion of Penryn’s family described in Chapter 40?

6. Who attacks Penryn in Chapter 38? How does Penryn react?

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

8. Where does Penryn encounter Paige in Chapter 37? How is Paige described?

9. How does Raffe save Penryn in Chapter 23? What does Penryn do to help?

10. Where do Penryn and Raffe find a vehicle to drive in Chapter 26? Whom do they encounter in this setting?

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

Describe and discuss the character of Penryn Young as the protagonist in Angelfall. How old is Penryn when the novel begins? What is Penryn’s objective when she leaves her house with her family? How does that objective change in the first chapters of the narrative? How does Penryn evolve as a character throughout the novel?

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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