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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Orangutan use to describe ChutesAndLadders when he finally calls his son?
(a) Foolhardy.
(b) Ingenious.
(c) Brave.
(d) Naive.

2. For how many months does Elliot reveal to Yazmin that his struggle with a severe addiction to pain medication lasted?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. Who runs to Odessa's side and holds her once she is discovered?
(a) Elliot.
(b) Yazmin.
(c) The paramedics.
(d) Fountainhead.

4. What two artists are on the cassette tapes ChutesAndLadders offers for free to whomever buys his car?
(a) Billy Idol and Duran Duran.
(b) Lionel Richie and Tina Turner.
(c) James Brown and John Coltrane.
(d) Billy Ocean and Dionne Warwick.

5. 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) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

6. When the split scene in Scene Twelve shows both Odessa's house and the Sapporo train platform, what is Orangutan doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Boarding a train.
(c) Chatting online with Chutes and Ladders.
(d) Sleeping.

7. 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?
(a) Payphones.
(b) Parking meters.
(c) Charging station.
(d) Public restrooms.

8. What is Haikumom's real name?
(a) Ginny.
(b) Janice.
(c) Yazmin.
(d) Odessa.

9. When Haikumom recommends 3 rehabilitation facilities to Fountainhead, what two criteria do they all share?
(a) They are located on waterfront property and are in Honolulu, Hawaii.
(b) They are outpatient facilities and are close to Fountainhead's home.
(c) They are for wealthy people and they are for professionals.
(d) They are located in Atlanta, Georgia, and have riverfront views.

10. 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 put a down payment on a brand new car.
(c) He plans to buy a train ticket to go see his son.
(d) He plans to buy a plane ticket to Japan.

11. 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?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Yazmin.
(c) Fountainhead.
(d) John.

12. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1995.

13. What do the stage directions indicate should happen onstage when Yazmin and Elliot try to lift Odessa onto the couch?
(a) John Coltrane music should start to play.
(b) They should lift invisible air as Odessa gets up and watches them struggle.
(c) The stage should go dark.
(d) A spotlight should appear on Odessa's face.

14. Where did Fountainhead and his wife spend their honeymoon when they were first married?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) The Virgin Islands.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Costa Rica.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Fountainhead had said in his first post on the Addiction Support forum that he only smokes crack cocaine once per week, what is the truth he reveals to Haikumom when they meet in person?

2. What is Odessa doing during Ginny's funeral?

3. What metaphor does ChutesAndLadders use to describe what may happen to Orangutan's heart if she does meet her birth parents?

4. What do Yazmin and Elliot see when they turn on the lights inside Odessa's house?

5. What religious upbringing have Fountainhead and Haikumom both experienced, though they do not practice that religion as adults?

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