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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What travel-related location does Odessa's unconscious mind think she finds herself during her drug overdose?
(a) A bus terminal.
(b) A cruise ship boarding plank.
(c) An airline terminal.
(d) A train station.

2. What religious upbringing have Fountainhead and Haikumom both experienced, though they do not practice that religion as adults?
(a) Shintoism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Catholicism.

3. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?
(a) Because he sees that she is Puerto Rican when they meet in person.
(b) Because she has a keychain with a map of Puerto Rico on it.
(c) Because he himself has been there many times on vacation, so he assumes others have as well.
(d) Because she always talks about Puerto Rico.

4. Who ultimately gives the eulogy at Ginny's funeral?
(a) Elliot.
(b) Yazmin.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Elliot and Yazmin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does ChutesAndLadders find inside the padded envelope he finds on his desk after he trashes his office due to an online argument with Orangutan?

2. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

3. When Orangutan reveals online that Elliot has struggled with pain medication addiction in the past, how many times does she say he had been hospitalized due to drug overdoses?

4. What are the final three words of Ginny's eulogy?

5. What school does Yazmin name as the school Ginny always told her she would be attending someday, even though Yazmin was still a little girl at the time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scene Eleven display characteristics of the plot arc phase of rising action?

2. How are the themes of hope and new beginnings portrayed in Scene Eleven when Clay/ChutesandLadders tries to sell his car on the phone?

3. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?

4. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?

5. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?

6. What does the light represent within Scene Twelve when Madeleine/Orangutan is awakened on the train platform by the policeman's flashlight and Yazmin sees a light above Odessa/Haikumom?

7. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?

8. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?

9. How does Odessa/Haikumom respond to John/Fountainhead's admission that he had minimized the depth of his addiction in his first post on the forum?

10. What subject does John/Fountainhead try to avoid by making small talk about Puerto Rico?

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