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Fallen Angels Trivia Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge on Walter Dean Myers's book "Fallen Angels".

A multiple-choice quiz by greaserfan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
greaserfan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
230,517

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
208

Last 3 plays: Guest 199 (6/10), workisboring (10/10), 1995Tarpon (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What's the main character's name? Hint

Billy

Pewee

Lobel

Perry

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the nurse's name? Hint

Sarah

Liz

Nicole

Judy

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Question 3 of 10

3. What war is the book about? Hint

World War II

Vietnam

World War I

Korean

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Question 4 of 10

4. Benny was the main character's brother.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the book, there wasn't too much racism within the camps.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the main character's mama? Hint

Jane

Mabel

Rose

Kathren

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did the main character always have with his mama? Hint

a tight warm bond

a small war

close communication

no contact at all

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who were the Fallen Angels? Hint

grounded airmen

women

the soldiers who died

the enemy

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who did the main character ask for at the end of the book just before boarding the plane home? Hint

Peewee

Judy

his drill sergeant

nobody

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Question 10 of 10

10. America was known as what, to the soldiers? Hint

Home Sweet Home

A Place of Peace

Home

The World

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What's the main character's name?

Answer: Perry

Perry is the main character in the book, who is telling the story. He's over in Vietnam because he feels that people think he can't do much with his life and he wants to prove he can.

2. What was the nurse's name?

Answer: Judy

Judy was the nurse. Perry befriended her on the plane and at some point it is hinted that they fall in love, but it never really grows into anything.

3. What war is the book about?

Answer: Vietnam

They were fighting in Vietnam, one of the harder wars America has fought in.

4. Benny was the main character's brother.

Answer: False

Kenny was the little brother of Perry. He looked up to his big brother and loved him dearly. He would try to do anything that Perry would.

5. In the book, there wasn't too much racism within the camps.

Answer: True

In the camps in Vietnam there wasn't a high amount of racism, according to this book. Some people, however, did bring racist attitudes with them.

6. What was the name of the main character's mama?

Answer: Mabel

Mabel was his mama who lived back in New York. She does not like the idea of her son fighting.

7. What did the main character always have with his mama?

Answer: a small war

There's an example of this when she writes in a letter to Pewee that she loves her son, but she doesn't tell her son, instead she tells his friend, Pewee.

8. Who were the Fallen Angels?

Answer: the soldiers who died

The soldiers who died were known as fallen angels. The minister's father had called them angel warriors because it was basically boys who fought, not men.

9. Who did the main character ask for at the end of the book just before boarding the plane home?

Answer: Judy

He wanted to know whether or not Judy was alive because he had come to like her.

10. America was known as what, to the soldiers?

Answer: The World

America was known as the World to the soldiers in Vietnam, because Vietnam was basically a place where you didn't want to be, but America was.

Source: Author greaserfan

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