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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 Haikumom's job?
(a) Custodian.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Engineer.

2. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Orangutan happened to him as a result of her three month absence from the Addiction Support forum?
(a) He lost his will to live.
(b) He lost the courage to call his son.
(c) He could not sleep for three months.
(d) He relapsed.

3. Though Fountainhead had said in his first post on the Addiction Support forum that he only smokes crack cocaine once per week, what is the truth he reveals to Haikumom when they meet in person?
(a) He uses crack cocaine at least 3 times a week.
(b) He has been using crack cocaine every day for 700 days straight.
(c) He has been using crack cocaine every day for 5 years straight.
(d) He has only used crack cocaine once in his life.

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

5. What is the name of Chutes and Ladders's son, whom he has not seen in a long time?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Spencer.
(c) Wendell.
(d) Bernardo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Haikumom admits that she still craves crack cocaine, how often does she say she craves it on a good day?

2. What literary device does Elliot declare to be present in Haikumom's choice of computer password once he figures it out?

3. What school does Yazmin name as the school Ginny always told her she would be attending someday, even though Yazmin was still a little girl at the time?

4. What is NOT one of the roles Elliot lists when he names Ginny's roles in life?

5. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?

2. What is the playwright's purpose in having three different scenes play out at the same time in Scene Eleven?

3. What does the light represent within Scene Twelve when Madeleine/Orangutan is awakened on the train platform by the policeman's flashlight and Yazmin sees a light above Odessa/Haikumom?

4. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?

5. What subject does John/Fountainhead try to avoid by making small talk about Puerto Rico?

6. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?

7. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?

8. Why does John/Fountainhead lie about how he knows Odessa/Haikumom when meeting Elliot and Yazmin?

9. How does Scene Eleven display characteristics of the plot arc phase of rising action?

10. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?

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