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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two weapons does Fountainhead say he plans to use in his fight against his addiction?
(a) Willpower and intense self-hatred.
(b) Love for his son and willpower.
(c) Willpower and the experts.
(d) Willpower and lots of Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

2. From what California city does ChutesAndLadders hail?
(a) San Diego.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Santa Rosita.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. How old is Orangutan?
(a) 31.
(b) 39.
(c) 41.
(d) 28.

4. What adjective does Haikumom use to describe Fountainhead's first post on the addiction support forum?
(a) Brave.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Startling.
(d) Ridiculous.

5. In what language is Elliot's most recent commercial broadcast upon its release?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What screen name does the administrator of the addiction support forum use?

2. Why does Elliot work at the Subway 30 minutes away from his mom Ginny's house even though there is a subway two minutes away from her house?

3. What object does Elliot smash at work when he gets word of his mom's decline in health?

4. How many days of sobriety does Orangutan announce she has when she comes back online after a long absence?

5. How does Elliot's dad let Elliot know that his mom, Ginny, has been put on life support?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the audience learn of Elliot's volatile temper within Scene Three when he learns that his mother Ginny is on life support?

2. What fact about Madeleine/Orangutan's identity is learned by Clay/ChutesandLadders, Odessa/Haikumom, and the audience all at once in Scene Two?

3. How does John/Fountainhead differ from all of the other characters in the play?

4. What is the significance of the Arabic phrase that is stuck in Elliot's head?

5. For what transgression against Ginny does Elliot feel the most guilty and why?

6. What is the reason for Clay/ChutesandLadders' surprise at Madeleine/Orangutan's appearance in the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two?

7. How does Odessa/Haikumom's reaction to John/Fountainhead's first post contrast with the reactions of the other regular forum members?

8. Discuss the Ghost's role as a theatrical externalization within the play.

9. In return for agreeing to deliver Ginny's eulogy, what does Yazmin ask Elliot to do for her?

10. What new information does the audience learn about John/Fountainhead within Scene 6 during his second appearance on the Addiction Support forum?

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