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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 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.

2. How much below Blue Book value does ChutesAndLadders say he is asking for his car?
(a) $500 below.
(b) $300 below.
(c) $1,000 below.
(d) $250 below.

3. At what point does ChutesAndLadders hang up once his son answers his father's first call in many years?
(a) When his son's wife gets on the phone.
(b) When his son asks him for money.
(c) When his son says hello.
(d) When his son tells ChutesAndLadders that he hates him.

4. When Orangutan reveals online that Elliot has struggled with pain medication addiction in the past, how many times does she say he had been hospitalized due to drug overdoses?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?

2. What is Haikumom's real name?

3. What is Fountainhead's real name?

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

5. What do the stage directions indicate should happen onstage when Yazmin and Elliot try to lift Odessa onto the couch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?

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

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 are the main tenets of Odessa/Haikumom's advice to John/Fountainhead when they meet for the first time in person at the diner?

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

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

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