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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. What do the men in the bordello drink?

2. What does Creeper compare the captain's face to in the end of Part II?

3. What does Creeper eat while waiting for the captain to appear in Part II?

4. What is another phrase for bad storms?

5. How does Creeper's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madame Diouf encourage Creeper to do that she does not want to do?

2. Who does Creeper "hear" in her head sometimes?

3. How does Madame Diouf handle her clients?

4. What is another phrase for the Black God's Drums?

5. What omen does Creeper see in Part I that seems disturbing?

6. What does Madame Diouf do for Creeper in Part II?

7. Why does Creeper feel at home at Sha Rouj?

8. Why is Creeper called Creeper?

9. Why does Creeper sometimes dress like a boy?

10. What connection did Ann-Marie once have with Creeper's mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Clark chooses to have Creeper risk her life to save the city of New Orleans and its inhabitants? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the significance of the Midnight Robber airship, including a discussion of what it symbolizes to Creeper.

Essay Topic 3

How do Creeper's aspirations - especially her wish to join the Midnight Robber's crew - change over the course of the novel, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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