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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. How many drug overdoses had ChutesAndLadders experienced before his near-death experience on Coronado Beach?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. Why does ChutesAndLadders look forward so much to the Tuesday crossword puzzle in the newspaper?
(a) It is easier than the other days' puzzles and instills him with confidence.
(b) It has a movie theme.
(c) It is more difficult than the other days' puzzles and presents him with a challenge.
(d) It has a music theme.

3. What does Ginny do that Yaz views as a sign of healthy progress?
(a) She sweeps the floor.
(b) She takes a shower.
(c) She yells at Elliot.
(d) She cooks breakfast.

4. What type of product is advertised in Elliot's most recent commercial appearance?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Water hoses.
(c) Light bulbs.
(d) Deodorant.

5. What is the one thing in life that frightens ChutesAndLadders more than the ocean?
(a) A relapse.
(b) Being alone.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number wedding anniversary is Fountainhead set to celebrate with his wife the day following his first log-in to the addiction support forum?

2. How many years of sobriety does ChutesAndLadders tell Orangutan that he has?

3. How many other Asians had Orangutan seen in person before traveling to Japan?

4. What is Elliot wearing around his neck that he tells the professor was given to him by his girlfriend?

5. In what sport does Fountainhead say he had placed at state championships two years in a row?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Elliot consider inappropriate about the method his father uses to let him know that his adoptive mother Ginny has been placed on life support?

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

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

7. What do the stage directions say the actors should be doing while chatting online with one another?

8. How does Odessa/Haikumom handle her job as site administrator and what are her duties?

9. What behaviors of Ginny's near the end of her life are upsetting Elliot so much that he enlists Yazmin's help?

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

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