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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) He has been using crack cocaine every day for 5 years straight.
(b) He has only used crack cocaine once in his life.
(c) He uses crack cocaine at least 3 times a week.
(d) He has been using crack cocaine every day for 700 days straight.

2. When Elliot poses as Haikumom online and Orangutan asks for a poem, what question does Elliot type instead?
(a) Who do you think you are?
(b) What kind of poem do you want?
(c) Who are you?
(d) What does crack feel like?

3. What is Odessa doing during Ginny's funeral?
(a) Spooning water onto the floor of her living room.
(b) Standing at the back of the church, watching silently.
(c) Crying in the front pew at the church.
(d) Using crack cocaine in an alley downtown.

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

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?
(a) To improve citizens' views.
(b) To create jobs.
(c) To please the emperor.
(d) To improve urban aesthetics.

6. What is Fountainhead's real name?
(a) Junior.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jake.
(d) John.

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

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

9. How many godchildren did Ginny have at the time of her death?
(a) 22.
(b) 9.
(c) 36.
(d) 12.

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

11. Why does ChutesAndLadders place on hold the person who is expressing interest in buying his car?
(a) To make the person think that he is being flooded with calls about the car.
(b) To talk to Orangutan on the other line.
(c) To consider whether he really wants to sell his car.
(d) To talk to a client on the other line.

12. What do Yazmin and Elliot see when they turn on the lights inside Odessa's house?
(a) A single chrysanthemum lying in the doorway.
(b) An empty living room in disarray.
(c) A group of people whom they have never seen.
(d) Odessa in a heap on the floor.

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

14. What does the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?
(a) She tells her to give Odessa some water.
(b) She tells her to elevate Odessa's feet.
(c) She tells her to put a cold compress on Odessa's forehead.
(d) She tells her to keep Odessa warm.

15. 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) New York University.
(b) Berklee School of Music.
(c) Juilliard.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?

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

3. What event does ChutesAndLadders name as the event that once ended a 5-year stretch of sobriety in his life?

4. 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?

5. When Odessa does not answer her door, how do Elliot and Yazmin know that she is in her house?

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