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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. For what purpose do Yazmin and Elliot ask Haikumom to meet them at the flower shop at 9 a.m.?
(a) To contribute to the flower deposit for Ginny's funeral.
(b) To help choose the flowers for Ginny's funeral.
(c) To tell her she is not invited to Ginny's funeral.
(d) To give her a ride to Ginny's funeral.

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

6. What are the final three words of Ginny's eulogy?
(a) She was ours.
(b) She was loved.
(c) She was here.
(d) She gave love.

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

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

9. 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 create jobs.
(c) To improve urban aesthetics.
(d) To improve citizens' views.

10. When Haikumom admits that she still craves crack cocaine, how often does she say she craves it on a good day?
(a) Every minute.
(b) Once per day.
(c) At breakfast time, at lunch time, and at dinner time.
(d) Every hour.

11. What major water feature is present in the city where Orangutan was born?
(a) A bioluminescent bay.
(b) A lake 20 miles in diameter.
(c) A sea with a 30 percent salinity content.
(d) A 100-mile-long river.

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

13. 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) Elliot has a vision of Ginny's face.
(d) Yazmin begins to cry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

3. What is the address of Odessa's house?

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

5. What does Haikumom ask Fountainhead about his first crack cocaine dealer that prompts him to say he has to leave?

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