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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. For what purpose do Yazmin and Elliot ask Haikumom to meet them at the flower shop at 9 a.m.?
(a) To contribute to the flower deposit for Ginny's funeral.
(b) To help choose the flowers for Ginny's funeral.
(c) To tell her she is not invited to Ginny's funeral.
(d) To give her a ride to Ginny's funeral.

2. Who ultimately gives the eulogy at Ginny's funeral?
(a) Yazmin.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Elliot and Yazmin.

3. When Haikumom admits that she still craves crack cocaine, how often does she say she craves it on a good day?
(a) Once per day.
(b) Every hour.
(c) At breakfast time, at lunch time, and at dinner time.
(d) Every minute.

4. What event does ChutesAndLadders name as the event that once ended a 5-year stretch of sobriety in his life?
(a) Going to see his daughter.
(b) Burying his wife.
(c) Going to see his son.
(d) Losing his job.

5. What literary device does Elliot declare to be present in Haikumom's choice of computer password once he figures it out?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Irony.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does Yazmin guess that she and Elliot will get for Haikumom's computer at the pawnshop?

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

4. At what point does ChutesAndLadders hang up once his son answers his father's first call in many years?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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