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

2. When Orangutan chats online with ChutesAndLadders from the Sapporo train station, what subject does she tell him she has just researched?
(a) The straightening of all rivers in Hokkaido.
(b) The construction of the Sapporo train station.
(c) The construction of the giant hydroelectric dam in Hokkaido.
(d) The flattening of all hills in Hokkaido.

3. How much does Yazmin guess that she and Elliot will get for Haikumom's computer at the pawnshop?
(a) $100.
(b) $25.
(c) $15.
(d) $200.

4. When Haikumom recommends 3 rehabilitation facilities to Fountainhead, what two criteria do they all share?
(a) They are outpatient facilities and are close to Fountainhead's home.
(b) They are located in Atlanta, Georgia, and have riverfront views.
(c) They are located on waterfront property and are in Honolulu, Hawaii.
(d) They are for wealthy people and they are for professionals.

5. What do the stage directions indicate should happen onstage when Yazmin and Elliot try to lift Odessa onto the couch?
(a) John Coltrane music should start to play.
(b) They should lift invisible air as Odessa gets up and watches them struggle.
(c) The stage should go dark.
(d) A spotlight should appear on Odessa's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Yazmin and Elliot see when they turn on the lights inside Odessa's house?

2. What does Orangutan use as a pillow while spending the night on the train platform in Sapporo?

3. What happens immediately after Yazmin and Odessa look up and see a brilliant light above them?

4. What religious upbringing have Fountainhead and Haikumom both experienced, though they do not practice that religion as adults?

5. When Yazmin is trying to talk to Elliot about his past drug issues, he tries to walk away from the conversation. What causes him to ultimately stay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Odessa/Haikumom say to John/Fountainhead that causes him to say, "Fuck you" (62) and to start to leave the diner?

3. What does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?

4. What do Odessa/Haikumom and John/Fountainhead find that they have in common when they first meet at the diner in person?

5. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?

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

7. What is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?

8. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?

9. How is the importance of human connection highlighted in Scene Thirteen when Clay/ChutesandLadders plans to meet Madeleine/Orangutan in Japan and John/Fountainhead reaches out to the other members of the Addiction Support forum from the hospital?

10. How are the themes of hope and new beginnings portrayed in Scene Eleven when Clay/ChutesandLadders tries to sell his car on the phone?

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