1. Why does ChutesAndLadders look forward so much to the Tuesday crossword puzzle in the newspaper?
(a) It has a movie theme.
(b) It is more difficult than the other days' puzzles and presents him with a challenge.
(c) It has a music theme.
(d) It is easier than the other days' puzzles and instills him with confidence.

2. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Fountainhead that he will have to put aside if he wants to stand a chance at getting sober?
(a) His ego.
(b) His pride.
(c) His fake humility.
(d) His feelings.

3. What action does Orangutan vow to take if she stays sober for three months?
(a) To throw herself a big party.
(b) To find her birth parents.
(c) To enroll in nursing school.
(d) To buy herself a new car.

4. When Elliot poses as Haikumom online and Orangutan asks for a poem, what question does Elliot type instead?
(a) Who do you think you are?
(b) What does crack feel like?
(c) What kind of poem do you want?
(d) Who are you?

5. In what sport does Fountainhead say he had placed at state championships two years in a row?
(a) Discus.
(b) Javelin.
(c) Shot-put.
(d) Long jump.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elliot is too emotionally overcome to continue speaking, who delivers the rest of his line for him at the end of the scene at Ginny's funeral?

2. At what point does ChutesAndLadders hang up once his son answers his father's first call in many years?

3. What make of car does Fountainhead drive?

4. What is the name of Chutes and Ladders's son, whom he has not seen in a long time?

5. What does ChutesAndLadders name as his two remaining ambitions in life?

(see the answer key)

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