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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her thirteenth year, Yazmin's music teacher listened to one of her compositions and called it pretty. What simile did he use to characterize her piece of music?
(a) Like a pizza with all of its toppings arranged neatly.
(b) Like an outfit in which everything matches.
(c) Like a neatly tied bow.
(d) Like a phone with no ringer.

2. What does ChutesAndLadders plan to do with the proceeds from the sale of his car?
(a) He plans to pay his overdue rent.
(b) He plans to buy a plane ticket to Japan.
(c) He plans to buy a train ticket to go see his son.
(d) He plans to put a down payment on a brand new car.

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?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. When Orangutan chats online with ChutesAndLadders from the Sapporo train station, what subject does she tell him she has just researched?
(a) The straightening of all rivers in Hokkaido.
(b) The construction of the giant hydroelectric dam in Hokkaido.
(c) The flattening of all hills in Hokkaido.
(d) The construction of the Sapporo train station.

5. What is NOT one of the problems Orangutan mentions when ChutesAndLadders tells her that he has booked a flight to come meet her?
(a) His flight is landing far away from where she is.
(b) She does not know how she will get the day off from her teaching job.
(c) Train fare is expensive.
(d) She had decided it would be a bad idea for them to meet in person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Yazmin say that Odessa/Haikumom had achieved by giving Elliot away to her sister Ginny when Elliot was a child?

2. How does Fountainhead damage his car while he is high on crack?

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

4. 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?

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

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