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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 is NOT one of the things ChutesAndLadders mentions on his tirade against Fountainhead during Fountainhead's first log-in to the addiction support forum?
(a) His big muscles.
(b) His big ego.
(c) His big heart.
(d) His big penis.

2. What screen name does the administrator of the addiction support forum use?
(a) Chutes&Ladders.
(b) HaikuMom.
(c) Fountainhead.
(d) Orangutan.

3. What does Elliot do with the eggs when Ginny goes to the bathroom?
(a) He feeds them to the dogs.
(b) He blots them.
(c) He eats them himself.
(d) He throws them away.

4. For what government agency does ChutesAndLadders work?
(a) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) Child Protective Services.
(c) The Post Office.
(d) The Internal Revenue Service.

5. What is NOT one thing that Organgutan says makes sense to her now that she is in Japan?
(a) The woodpecker outside her window.
(b) The noodles in the soup.
(c) Her own existence.
(d) The schoolgirls with their shy smiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her thirteenth year, Yazmin's music teacher listened to one of her compositions and called it pretty. What simile did he use to characterize her piece of music?

2. In Greek mythology, what is Hades?

3. How are Ginny and Odessa related?

4. Where do Yazmin and Elliot plan to travel after Ginny's funeral to spread her ashes?

5. How long has it been since ChutesAndLadders has spoken to his son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Elliot's comment upon Ginny's death when he says that Odessa/Haikumom is shutting herself off from the world?

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

3. What does Clay/ChutesandLadders reveal as the catalyst for his decision to get sober?

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

5. Explain the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's haiku that she posts on the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two.

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

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

8. What is the subject of Yazmin's lecture to her music theory class?

9. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?

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

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