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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elliot find on the floor of Odessa's house that causes him to think she has suffered a drug overdose?
(a) A needle.
(b) A pill bottle.
(c) A Brillo pad.
(d) A spoon.

2. When Yazmin is trying to talk to Elliot about his past drug issues, he tries to walk away from the conversation. What causes him to ultimately stay?
(a) Yazmin threatens to tell Elliot's buddies from the neighborhood.
(b) The ghost blocks his path.
(c) Yazmin begins to cry.
(d) Elliot has a vision of Ginny's face.

3. 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 cell phone ringing when they call her.
(c) They hear her tea kettle whistling.
(d) They hear her shouting.

4. What metaphor does ChutesAndLadders use to describe what may happen to Orangutan's heart if she does meet her birth parents?
(a) A car crash.
(b) A shattered lightbulb.
(c) A beautiful mosaic.
(d) A reflective mirror.

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

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

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

8. 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 framed photograph of his grandchildren.
(d) A spoon.

9. 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) Elliot lies down.
(d) Odessa screams.

10. How many biological children did Ginny give birth to in her lifetime?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

12. How does Orangutan figure out that someone else is posing as Haikumom online?
(a) The typist does not use any emoticons.
(b) The typist cannot produce a haiku poem when prompted.
(c) The typist does not misspell any words.
(d) The typist does not censor her when she swears.

13. At what point does ChutesAndLadders hang up once his son answers his father's first call in many years?
(a) When his son tells ChutesAndLadders that he hates him.
(b) When his son says hello.
(c) When his son asks him for money.
(d) When his son's wife gets on the phone.

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

15. What is Haikumom's password for her computer?
(a) Mary Jane.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Mary Lou.
(d) Bulldog.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. For what purpose do Yazmin and Elliot ask Haikumom to meet them at the flower shop at 9 a.m.?

3. When Odessa's unconscious mind is speaking her thoughts onstage during her overdose, how many times does she say she has ever been to an airport?

4. What does ChutesAndLadders name as his two remaining ambitions in life?

5. How many abandoned homes did Ginny refurbish and sell to young families prior to her death?

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