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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. For how long did Orangutan live in the country of her birth before she was adopted and moved to Maine?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 8 weeks.

2. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Fountainhead that he will have to put aside if he wants to stand a chance at getting sober?
(a) His pride.
(b) His feelings.
(c) His ego.
(d) His fake humility.

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

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

5. What type of flowers does Elliot refuse to have in Ginny's funeral wreath?
(a) Chrysanthemums.
(b) Carnations.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language is Elliot's most recent commercial broadcast upon its release?

2. What is the name of the professor that translates Elliot's memorized Arabic phrase for him?

3. What action leads to Orangutan's parents' purchase of a one-way flight for her to visit Japan?

4. In his first post on the addiction support forum, Fountainhead says that doing crack now feels less like getting high and more like doing what other activity?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the Ghost breathing on Elliot at the end of Scene 6 and knocking him down?

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

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

5. What does Yazmin say is the reason for her divorce from William and how does that reason reflect a theme of the play?

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

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

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

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 John/Fountainhead differ from all of the other characters in the play?

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