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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 does Eunice say about the captain and Creeper?

2. Where is the captain from originally?

3. How did General Toussaint die?

4. What protects the person who comes after Creeper and Jewel in Part IV?

5. What does Creeper know has already been put into a canon she sees in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jewel so startled by Creeper when Creeper comes to free her?

2. Who are Creeper's sources of information about everything in New Orleans?

3. What do the Confederate states use drapeto gas for?

4. Who is Feral supposedly descended from?

5. Why do the sisters give Ann-Marie drapeto gas?

6. Who does Ann-Marie bring with her to get Duval in Part IV

7. What does Clark insinuate about Sisters Eunice and Agnes?

8. What is the relationship between the Goddesses that Ann-Marie and Creeper both commune with?

9. Who are the Jeannots?

10. What does Ann-Marie say the legend in Haiti is about the Black God's Drums?

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

How does Clark treat the subject of homosexuality throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What important information does the reader learn about Clark from the "Acknowledgements," and why do you think it is important or valuable for readers to read this section of books? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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