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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Yazmin ask Elliot to dissuade from coming to Ginny's funeral?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Professor Aman.
(c) Orangutan.
(d) William.

2. Which Jazz artist is the subject of Yazmin's lecture when she receives the emergency text from Elliot?
(a) Miles Davis.
(b) John Coltrane.
(c) Charlie Mingus.
(d) Chick Corea.

3. What illness does Ginny have?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Gout.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Parkinson's Disease.

4. What object does Elliot smash at work when he gets word of his mom's decline in health?
(a) The front window.
(b) A glass pitcher.
(c) The bathroom mirror.
(d) The slicing machine.

5. How are Ginny and Odessa related?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Great-aunt and great-niece.
(d) Aunt and niece.

6. How long does Orangutan stay away from the addiction support forum when it causes HaikuMom and ChutesAndLadders to worry about her?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 33 days.

7. What is NOT one thing that Organgutan says makes sense to her now that she is in Japan?
(a) Her own existence.
(b) The woodpecker outside her window.
(c) The noodles in the soup.
(d) The schoolgirls with their shy smiles.

8. 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 an outfit in which everything matches.
(b) Like a pizza with all of its toppings arranged neatly.
(c) Like a phone with no ringer.
(d) Like a neatly tied bow.

9. For how long did Orangutan live in the country of her birth before she was adopted and moved to Maine?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 8 days.

10. When Yazmin gets a text message from Elliot's dad while she and Elliot are talking on the phone, what does it say?
(a) "Waiting for Elliot till we turn off the machine" (Location 348).
(b) "Don't tell Elliot how dire the situation is" (Location 348).
(c) "Tell Elliot to call me right away" (Location 348).
(d) "Turning off the breathing machine unless you text back soon" (Location 348).

11. How does Elliot's dad let Elliot know that his mom, Ginny, has been put on life support?
(a) He texts him.
(b) He sends him a Facebook message.
(c) He calls him.
(d) He sends him an email.

12. What reason does Yazmin give for refusing to act in the role Elliot wants her to play in Ginny's funeral?
(a) She hates public speaking.
(b) She cannot lift heavy objects.
(c) Flowers make her sneeze.
(d) She cannot compose music in a short time frame.

13. Why does Elliot work at the Subway 30 minutes away from his mom Ginny's house even though there is a subway two minutes away from her house?
(a) He does not want his friends from the neighborhood to know that he works at a sandwich shop.
(b) There were no positions available at the Subway close to Ginny's house.
(c) He hates the boss that manages the Subway close to Ginny's house.
(d) He likes the clientele better at the Subway that is closer to the subway and further away from Ginny's house.

14. What reason does Elliot give the professor for not wanting to do interviews about his military experiences?
(a) He says that it brings back too many bad memories.
(b) He says that interviews bore him.
(c) He says that people manipulate you with questions.
(d) He says that he would not make enough money to make the interviews worth his time.

15. How many days of sobriety does Orangutan announce she has when she comes back online after a long absence?
(a) 40.
(b) 32.
(c) 91.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things ChutesAndLadders mentions on his tirade against Fountainhead during Fountainhead's first log-in to the addiction support forum?

2. To what do Orangutan, ChutesAndLadders, and HaikuMom toast after ChutesAndLadders' story about his brush with death on Coronado Beach?

3. What make of car does Fountainhead drive?

4. In Greek mythology, what is Hades?

5. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Fountainhead that he will have to put aside if he wants to stand a chance at getting sober?

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