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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. Where did Fountainhead and his wife spend their honeymoon when they were first married?
(a) Costa Rica.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) The Virgin Islands.
(d) Hawaii.

2. What travel-related location does Odessa's unconscious mind think she finds herself during her drug overdose?
(a) A cruise ship boarding plank.
(b) A bus terminal.
(c) An airline terminal.
(d) A train station.

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

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

5. How do Elliot and Yazmin gain entry to Odessa's house after Ginny's funeral?
(a) Elliot finds the spare key in a flowerpot.
(b) Yazmin kicks the door in.
(c) Elliot kicks the door in.
(d) The landlord lets them in.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many miles does the car have that ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

4. What does the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?

5. What action does Orangutan vow to take if she stays sober for three months?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?

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

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

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

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

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

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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