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

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 gram of crack cocaine.
(c) A framed photograph of his grandchildren.
(d) A pair of waterwings.

2. What was the name of Elliot's two-year-old little sister who died as a result of her mother not giving her a spoonful of water every hour when she had influenza?
(a) Mary Lou.
(b) Mary Margaret.
(c) Mary Jo.
(d) Mary Jane.

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

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

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

6. What travel-related location does Odessa's unconscious mind think she finds herself during her drug overdose?
(a) A cruise ship boarding plank.
(b) An airline terminal.
(c) A bus terminal.
(d) A train station.

7. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Orangutan happened to him as a result of her three month absence from the Addiction Support forum?
(a) He could not sleep for three months.
(b) He lost the courage to call his son.
(c) He lost his will to live.
(d) He relapsed.

8. 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) Spooning water onto the floor of her living room.
(d) Using crack cocaine in an alley downtown.

9. Who shines a flashlight onto Orangutan and offers her his assistance?
(a) A train conductor.
(b) Chutes and Ladders.
(c) A passing businessman.
(d) A policeman.

10. 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?
(a) Berklee School of Music.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Juilliard.
(d) New York University.

11. What is Haikumom's job?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Custodian.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Waitress.

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

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

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

15. What happens immediately after Yazmin and Odessa look up and see a brilliant light above them?
(a) Odessa slips into Yazmin's arms.
(b) Odessa disappears.
(c) Odessa screams.
(d) Elliot lies down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does ChutesAndLadders give for discouraging Orangutan from visiting her birth parents?

2. What feature of his car does ChutesAndLadders mention last as a way to tempt the prospective buyer who is on the phone?

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

4. Why does ChutesAndLadders place on hold the person who is expressing interest in buying his car?

5. What feature does Elliot say Ginny had used her carpentry skills to build on 47 different occasions?

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