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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 are the final three words of Ginny's eulogy?
(a) She was here.
(b) She was loved.
(c) She gave love.
(d) She was ours.

2. How many miles does the car have that ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 50,000.

3. What make and model is the car that ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
(a) Jeep Cherokee.
(b) Toyota Tercel.
(c) Ford Mustang.
(d) Chevrolet Malibu.

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

5. What was the name of Elliot's two-year-old little sister who died as a result of her mother not giving her a spoonful of water every hour when she had influenza?
(a) Mary Margaret.
(b) Mary Jo.
(c) Mary Jane.
(d) Mary Lou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many godchildren did Ginny have at the time of her death?

2. What game show do Orangutan and ChutesAndLadders like to watch together while chatting online?

3. For how many months does Elliot reveal to Yazmin that his struggle with a severe addiction to pain medication lasted?

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

5. When Elliot poses as Haikumom online and Orangutan asks for a poem, what question does Elliot type instead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the play's theme of the relationship between past and present play out in Scene Ten when three different events happen onstage simultaneously?

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

4. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?

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

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

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

8. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's whereabouts and actions during the time her sister Ginny's funeral is taking place across town?

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

10. 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?

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