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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 was the name of Elliot's two-year-old little sister who died as a result of her mother not giving her a spoonful of water every hour when she had influenza?
(a) Mary Jane.
(b) Mary Jo.
(c) Mary Lou.
(d) Mary Margaret.

2. What is Haikumom's password for her computer?
(a) Bulldog.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Mary Jane.
(d) Mary Lou.

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) An empty living room in disarray.
(c) A single chrysanthemum lying in the doorway.
(d) A group of people whom they have never seen.

4. Though Fountainhead had said in his first post on the Addiction Support forum that he only smokes crack cocaine once per week, what is the truth he reveals to Haikumom when they meet in person?
(a) He uses crack cocaine at least 3 times a week.
(b) He has been using crack cocaine every day for 5 years straight.
(c) He has been using crack cocaine every day for 700 days straight.
(d) He has only used crack cocaine once in his life.

5. What religious upbringing have Fountainhead and Haikumom both experienced, though they do not practice that religion as adults?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Shintoism.
(d) Lutheranism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

2. How many biological children did Ginny give birth to in her lifetime?

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

4. What is Fountainhead's real name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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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