Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Test and Answer Key with a Study Guide

Eliminate assessment planning responsibilities and evaluate high school students' knowledge of plot and literary craft with this summative test covering Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. An answer key is included, as well as a test prep guide and a standards-based rubric for scoring essay responses. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.) A breakdown of content follows.

Part 1 - Characters and Plot. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following characters and aspects of plot:

• Perry's background

• Perry's medical condition

• Perry's family

• Perry's external conflicts

• Perry's superiors

• Perry's cohorts

• Perry's relationships with other characters

• Rumors circulating about the war

• The ARVN

• Dangers facing soldiers

• And more

Part 2 - Literary Craft. Students will apply knowledge of the following literary devices to quotes from the novel:

• Anaphora

• Aphorism

• External conflict

• Hyperbole

• Internal conflict

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Part 3 - Meaningful Quotations in Context. Students will read the given quotes in order to discern the speaker and significance of each:

• "The army was the place I was going to get away from all the questions." (Chapter 2)

• "Anything anybody got in the army, I got.  You got a gun, I got a gun.  You got boots, I got boots." (Chapter 2)

• "[Movies] are the only real thing in life." (Chapter 6)

• "He was a thing, a trophy.  I wondered if I could become a trophy." (Chapter 7)

• "A man in Nam fighting by my side is a man fighting by my side." (Chapter 18)

• "[Mama] would expect me to be the same person, but it could never happen." (Chapter 20)

Part 4 - Essay Writing. Students will develop a five paragraph essay in response to one of two given prompts:

• The first prompt requires students to explore Perry's changing perspective on the war

• The second prompt requires students to evaluate any meaningful character's methods of coping with the terrible realities of war

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