Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the reason Orangutan gives for going to see the house where she was born? (from Scene 9)

She wants to please her adoptive parents, who made her promise to visit the place where she was born.

She wants to anger her adoptive parents, who told her to never go back to the house.

She promised herself that if she had ninety days free of drug use, she was going to go see the house.

She promised herself that if she had sixty days free of drug use, she was going to go see her house.

2.

What is the most likely explanation for Orangutan not catching the train to the town where she was born? (from Scene 10, 11)

She’s afraid of being disappointed.

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Chutes.

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Haikumom.

She wants to catch a later train.

3.

Who are Madeleine and Buddy? (from Scene 15)

Odessa and John: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames for each other.

Yazmin and Elliot: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames in the chatroom.

Ginny and Elliot’s dad: Madeleine and Buddy are their pet nicknames for each other.

Orangutan and Chutes: Madeleine and Buddy are their real names.

4.

Which principal character has no direct, personal experience with being addicted?

Elliot.

Yazmin.

John.

Odessa.

5.

What is the most literal representation of the past “haunting” the present in the play?

The appearance of William at Ginny’s funeral.

The appearance of The Ghost to Elliot.

The appearance of The Policeman to Orangutan in Japan.

The appearance of Odessa in the chatroom.

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