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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious upbringing have Fountainhead and Haikumom both experienced, though they do not practice that religion as adults?
(a) Shintoism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Catholicism.

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

3. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?
(a) Because he sees that she is Puerto Rican when they meet in person.
(b) Because she has a keychain with a map of Puerto Rico on it.
(c) Because she always talks about Puerto Rico.
(d) Because he himself has been there many times on vacation, so he assumes others have as well.

4. 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 plane ticket to Japan.
(d) He plans to buy a train ticket to go see his son.

5. Whom does Elliot tell Yazmin to call after she hangs up with the 911 operator?
(a) Elliot's dad.
(b) A Buddhist monk.
(c) Elliot's mom.
(d) Yazmin's mom.

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

7. When Odessa does not answer her door, how do Elliot and Yazmin know that she is in her house?
(a) They see on their phones that she is posting online in the Addiction Support forum.
(b) They hear her tea kettle whistling.
(c) They hear her shouting.
(d) They hear her cell phone ringing when they call her.

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

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

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

11. What make and model is the car that ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
(a) Chevrolet Malibu.
(b) Ford Mustang.
(c) Jeep Cherokee.
(d) Toyota Tercel.

12. What game show do Orangutan and ChutesAndLadders like to watch together while chatting online?
(a) The Dating Game.
(b) Wheel of Fortune.
(c) Jeopardy.
(d) Family Feud.

13. How much does Yazmin guess that she and Elliot will get for Haikumom's computer at the pawnshop?
(a) $25.
(b) $200.
(c) $15.
(d) $100.

14. How much below Blue Book value does ChutesAndLadders say he is asking for his car?
(a) $250 below.
(b) $300 below.
(c) $1,000 below.
(d) $500 below.

15. What reason does ChutesAndLadders give for discouraging Orangutan from visiting her birth parents?
(a) He believes it could jeopardize her recovery.
(b) He fears they will want her to stay in Japan.
(c) He is jealous of the bonds that she may form with them if she meets them.
(d) He knows that the city of her birth is a dangerous place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major water feature is present in the city where Orangutan was born?

2. What two artists are on the cassette tapes ChutesAndLadders offers for free to whomever buys his car?

3. When the split scene in Scene Twelve shows both Odessa's house and the Sapporo train platform, what is Orangutan doing?

4. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Orangutan happened to him as a result of her three month absence from the Addiction Support forum?

5. When Orangutan reports her research findings to ChutesAndLadders while she waits at the Sapporo train station, what government goal does she give for the project's implementation?

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