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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 10-12.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A pair of waterwings.
(c) A framed photograph of his grandchildren.
(d) A gram of crack cocaine.

2. What chore does Elliot confess to neglecting throughout his time with Ginny during her illness?
(a) Watering the garden.
(b) Changing the bed linens.
(c) Cleaning the kitchen.
(d) Scouring the tub.

3. 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?

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

5. What metaphor does ChutesAndLadders use to describe what may happen to Orangutan's heart if she does meet her birth parents?
(a) A car crash.
(b) A reflective mirror.
(c) A beautiful mosaic.
(d) A shattered lightbulb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orangutan figure out that someone else is posing as Haikumom online?

2. What literary device does Elliot declare to be present in Haikumom's choice of computer password once he figures it out?

3. Who ultimately gives the eulogy at Ginny's funeral?

4. When Orangutan is at the Sapporo train station and is chatting online with ChutesAndLadders, what objects in America does she liken to internet cafes in Japan in terms of how ubiquitous they are?

5. When the split scene in Scene Twelve shows both Odessa's house and the Sapporo train platform, what is Orangutan doing?

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