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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one thing that Orangutan lists among the items that she buys with her paychecks from teaching?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Socks.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Noodles.

2. What does Ginny use to cook her eggs that upsets Elliot?
(a) Butter.
(b) Vegetable Oil.
(c) Pork fat.
(d) Non-stick spray.

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

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

5. At what college does Yazmin teach?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) Dartmouth.
(c) Swarthmore.
(d) Harvard.

6. For what government agency does ChutesAndLadders work?
(a) The Internal Revenue Service.
(b) The Post Office.
(c) Child Protective Services.
(d) The Central Intelligence Agency.

7. What item does HaikuMom tell ChutesAndLadders that she is going to buy for him?
(a) A pair of parachute pants.
(b) A pair of fuzzy socks.
(c) A pair of suspenders.
(d) A pair of waterwings.

8. What role does Elliot want Yazmin to take on during Ginny's funeral?
(a) He wants her to compose the music.
(b) He wants her to arrange the flowers.
(c) He wants her to be a pallbearer.
(d) He wants her to deliver the eulogy.

9. What does Elliot say he wants Ginny's funeral wreath to resemble?
(a) A breath of fresh air.
(b) Odessa's garden.
(c) Ginny's garden.
(d) A desert oasis.

10. What is Elliot wearing around his neck that he tells the professor was given to him by his girlfriend?
(a) A silver chain.
(b) Military dog tags.
(c) A gold locket.
(d) A yarn necklace.

11. What does Ginny do that Yaz views as a sign of healthy progress?
(a) She sweeps the floor.
(b) She yells at Elliot.
(c) She takes a shower.
(d) She cooks breakfast.

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

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

14. What word does Haikumom type each time another member uses foul language on the forum?
(a) Censored.
(b) Stop.
(c) Foul.
(d) Delete.

15. In Greek mythology, what is Hades?
(a) A sacred garden from where the gods get their immortality.
(b) A perfect city between the clouds.
(c) A legendary city at the Earth's core.
(d) The river that runs through the underworld in Greek mythology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orangutan ask to join her in Japan?

2. In what area of the world did Ginny want her ashes spread?

3. Why does ChutesAndLadders look forward so much to the Tuesday crossword puzzle in the newspaper?

4. What is the name of the professor that translates Elliot's memorized Arabic phrase for him?

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

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