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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. 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 improve citizens' views.
(b) To improve urban aesthetics.
(c) To create jobs.
(d) To please the emperor.

2. What does ChutesAndLadders name as his two remaining ambitions in life?
(a) To not use drugs and to not hurt anyone.
(b) To not use drugs and to keep his job.
(c) To not cry and to not whine.
(d) To be happy and to help others.

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

4. What game show do Orangutan and ChutesAndLadders like to watch together while chatting online?
(a) Family Feud.
(b) The Dating Game.
(c) Jeopardy.
(d) Wheel of Fortune.

5. How does ChutesAndLadders describe the color of the car he is trying to sell?
(a) Cherry red.
(b) Sky blue.
(c) Chartreuse.
(d) Midnight blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Odessa does not answer her door, how do Elliot and Yazmin know that she is in her house?

2. How many arrests for civil disobedience did Ginny have on her record during her lifetime?

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

4. What is the address of Odessa's house?

5. When Orangutan chats online with ChutesAndLadders from the Sapporo train station, what subject does she tell him she has just researched?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Odessa/Haikumom respond to John/Fountainhead's admission that he had minimized the depth of his addiction in his first post on the forum?

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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