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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Creeper go the morning after meeting the captain?
(a) The telegraph station near Cabildo on Chartres Street.
(b) The Dead City.
(c) The Helicon.
(d) The French Quarter.

2. What was Creeper's mother's name?
(a) Rose.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Jane.
(d) Helen.

3. How does Creeper know what foods Oya hates?
(a) She does not know.
(b) Creeper passes out when she eats them.
(c) Creeper almost dies when she eats them.
(d) She makes Creeper throw up when she eats them.

4. What does Creeper know Oya hates?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Mutton.
(c) Pork.
(d) Beef.

5. What entity does Creeper have a special relationship with?
(a) Foya.
(b) Oya.
(c) Loya.
(d) Moya.

6. What made the old gods start to creep back to New Orleans, according to Creeper's maman?
(a) When Haiti got free.
(b) When the seas began to boil.
(c) When the Confederates one.
(d) When her father died.

7. What does the bordello owner offer Creeper?
(a) A plant.
(b) Money.
(c) A bath and a meal.
(d) A job.

8. What is another way of saying "The Dead City"?
(a) La Ville Satana.
(b) La Ville Helle.
(c) La Ville Hades.
(d) La Ville Morte.

9. Who gives Creeper visions sometimes?
(a) Oya.
(b) Toya.
(c) Moya.
(d) Foya.

10. What is another phrase for bad storms?
(a) Temetes Noires.
(b) Tempetes Richions.
(c) Tempetes Hellicons.
(d) Tempetes Roses.

11. What does the bordello owner say Creeper's mother was like?
(a) A scammer.
(b) An artist.
(c) Her own daughter.
(d) A fortune-teller.

12. Why does Creeper regret taking a bath and eating at the bordello?
(a) She does not regret it.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) Now she is in danger.
(d) Now she is in debt.

13. What is another phrase for the Black God's Drums that involves Oya's husband's name?
(a) Riki's Thunder.
(b) Hades's Thunder.
(c) Shango's Thunder.
(d) Helion's Thunder.

14. How old is Creeper when the story begins?
(a) 22.
(b) 10.
(c) 29.
(d) 13.

15. What does Creeper immediately smell in the bordello?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Meat.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Creeper say the scientist is going to give the weapon to?

2. What is part of the city, according to Creeper's maman in Part II?

3. What color are the unionists' uniforms?

4. What do the men in the bordello drink?

5. Why does Creeper say she has given up school?

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