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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 do Yazmin and Elliot see when they turn on the lights inside Odessa's house?
(a) An empty living room in disarray.
(b) A single chrysanthemum lying in the doorway.
(c) A group of people whom they have never seen.
(d) Odessa in a heap on the floor.

2. What happens immediately after Yazmin and Odessa look up and see a brilliant light above them?
(a) Odessa disappears.
(b) Odessa screams.
(c) Odessa slips into Yazmin's arms.
(d) Elliot lies down.

3. How many arrests for civil disobedience did Ginny have on her record during her lifetime?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. When Orangutan reports her research findings to ChutesAndLadders while she waits at the Sapporo train station, what government goal does she give for the project's implementation?
(a) To create jobs.
(b) To please the emperor.
(c) To improve urban aesthetics.
(d) To improve citizens' views.

5. What does Orangutan use as a pillow while spending the night on the train platform in Sapporo?
(a) A trash can lid.
(b) Her sweatshirt.
(c) Her souvenir kimono.
(d) Her backpack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elliot find on the floor of Odessa's house that causes him to think she has suffered a drug overdose?

2. When Haikumom recommends 3 rehabilitation facilities to Fountainhead, what two criteria do they all share?

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

4. How does Orangutan figure out that someone else is posing as Haikumom online?

5. What does Haikumom ask Fountainhead about his first crack cocaine dealer that prompts him to say he has to leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elliot react to Odessa/Haikumom's claim that she does not have money to contribute for Ginny's funeral wreath?

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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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