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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 Duval say he will not leave without?

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

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

4. What does Creeper put on to protect herself from the drapeto gas?

5. What does the captain say she does not get from Oshun?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who kills a lot of people in trying to get the scientist Duval?

2. What does Creeper say when Ann-Marie asks her why she wants to join the Midnight Robber?

3. How does Creeper figure out the Midnight Robber is a smuggling ship?

4. What does drapeto gas do?

5. How does the Tall Man stay immune to Oya's powers through Creeper?

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

7. What is one thing Creeper knows the sisters do in their quest to help slaves?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This novella could conceivably fall into several different genres. Write an essay explaining how you would classify this novella and why.

Essay Topic 2

How does Clark explain the connection between both Creeper and Ann-Marie and between Oya and Oshun? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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