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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature does Elliot say Ginny had used her carpentry skills to build on 47 different occasions?
(a) Beds at homeless shelters.
(b) Skateboard ramps.
(c) Swing sets at domestic violence shelters.
(d) Wheelchair ramps.

2. What happens immediately after Yazmin and Odessa look up and see a brilliant light above them?
(a) Odessa slips into Yazmin's arms.
(b) Odessa disappears.
(c) Odessa screams.
(d) Elliot lies down.

3. How many arrests for civil disobedience did Ginny have on her record during her lifetime?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

4. For what purpose do Yazmin and Elliot ask Haikumom to meet them at the flower shop at 9 a.m.?
(a) To contribute to the flower deposit for Ginny's funeral.
(b) To give her a ride to Ginny's funeral.
(c) To help choose the flowers for Ginny's funeral.
(d) To tell her she is not invited to Ginny's funeral.

5. What is the name of Chutes and Ladders's son, whom he has not seen in a long time?
(a) Spencer.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Wendell.
(d) Bernardo.

6. How do Elliot and Yazmin gain entry to Odessa's house after Ginny's funeral?
(a) Elliot kicks the door in.
(b) Yazmin kicks the door in.
(c) The landlord lets them in.
(d) Elliot finds the spare key in a flowerpot.

7. What does Orangutan use as a pillow while spending the night on the train platform in Sapporo?
(a) A trash can lid.
(b) Her souvenir kimono.
(c) Her backpack.
(d) Her sweatshirt.

8. Why does ChutesAndLadders place on hold the person who is expressing interest in buying his car?
(a) To consider whether he really wants to sell his car.
(b) To talk to Orangutan on the other line.
(c) To talk to a client on the other line.
(d) To make the person think that he is being flooded with calls about the car.

9. What major water feature is present in the city where Orangutan was born?
(a) A sea with a 30 percent salinity content.
(b) A bioluminescent bay.
(c) A 100-mile-long river.
(d) A lake 20 miles in diameter.

10. What is Odessa doing during Ginny's funeral?
(a) Crying in the front pew at the church.
(b) Spooning water onto the floor of her living room.
(c) Using crack cocaine in an alley downtown.
(d) Standing at the back of the church, watching silently.

11. How many abandoned homes did Ginny refurbish and sell to young families prior to her death?
(a) 90.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 130.

12. For how many months does Elliot reveal to Yazmin that his struggle with a severe addiction to pain medication lasted?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

13. How much below Blue Book value does ChutesAndLadders say he is asking for his car?
(a) $300 below.
(b) $250 below.
(c) $1,000 below.
(d) $500 below.

14. How does Orangutan figure out that someone else is posing as Haikumom online?
(a) The typist cannot produce a haiku poem when prompted.
(b) The typist does not censor her when she swears.
(c) The typist does not use any emoticons.
(d) The typist does not misspell any words.

15. What feature of his car does ChutesAndLadders mention last as a way to tempt the prospective buyer who is on the phone?
(a) Racing stripes.
(b) GPS.
(c) Dual exhaust.
(d) Air conditioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the audience sees Orangutan on a different stage during Ginny's funeral and she hears the final boarding call for her train to her birth city, what does she do?

2. When Orangutan reports her research findings to ChutesAndLadders while she waits at the Sapporo train station, what government goal does she give for the project's implementation?

3. How many miles does the car have that ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

4. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?

5. When Odessa's unconscious mind is speaking her thoughts onstage during her overdose, how many times does she say she has ever been to an airport?

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