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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 albino angel in the bathroom refers to Raffe by what name in Chapter 31?

2. What kind of vehicle does Penryn spy on the roadway below her and Raffe as it weaves through the stalled cars in Chapter 25?

3. What does Raffe tell Penryn after kissing her in Chapter 28?

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

5. After changing clothes, Penryn drives through the crowd on what street as she makes her way toward the aerie in the beginning of Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Paige do to the angel that attacks Penryn in Chapter 39?

6. What angel does Raffe watch in Chapter 29? What does he ask Penryn do to?

7. How is Penryn saved from the gang of thugs that surrounds her and the Tweedle brother in Chapter 35?

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

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

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

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 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

Describe and analyze the character of Josiah in the novel. How is Josiah’s appearance described? What are Josiah’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story? Is Josiah on the side of the protagonists or antagonists?

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