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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 password for her computer?
(a) Mary Jane.
(b) Bulldog.
(c) Elliot.
(d) Mary Lou.
2. What does ChutesAndLadders find inside the padded envelope he finds on his desk after he trashes his office due to an online argument with Orangutan?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A pair of waterwings.
(c) A framed photograph of his grandchildren.
(d) A gram of crack cocaine.
3. What does ChutesAndLadders plan to do with the proceeds from the sale of his car?
(a) He plans to pay his overdue rent.
(b) He plans to buy a plane ticket to Japan.
(c) He plans to buy a train ticket to go see his son.
(d) He plans to put a down payment on a brand new car.
4. Whom does Elliot tell Yazmin to call after she hangs up with the 911 operator?
(a) Elliot's dad.
(b) Yazmin's mom.
(c) Elliot's mom.
(d) A Buddhist monk.
5. What major water feature is present in the city where Orangutan was born?
(a) A lake 20 miles in diameter.
(b) A sea with a 30 percent salinity content.
(c) A 100-mile-long river.
(d) A bioluminescent bay.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do Elliot and Yazmin gain entry to Odessa's house after Ginny's funeral?
2. What does the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?
3. What two artists are on the cassette tapes ChutesAndLadders offers for free to whomever buys his car?
4. What do the stage directions indicate should happen onstage when Yazmin and Elliot try to lift Odessa onto the couch?
5. What is Haikumom's real name?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the themes of hope and new beginnings portrayed in Scene Eleven when Clay/ChutesandLadders tries to sell his car on the phone?
2. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's whereabouts and actions during the time her sister Ginny's funeral is taking place across town?
3. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
4. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
5. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
6. What is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?
7. What are the main tenets of Odessa/Haikumom's advice to John/Fountainhead when they meet for the first time in person at the diner?
8. What is the playwright's purpose in having three different scenes play out at the same time in Scene Eleven?
9. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?
10. What do Odessa/Haikumom and John/Fountainhead find that they have in common when they first meet at the diner in person?
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