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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Yazmin and Elliot plan to travel after Ginny's funeral to spread her ashes?
2. What does Ginny do that Yaz views as a sign of healthy progress?
3. What type of flowers does Elliot refuse to have in Ginny's funeral wreath?
4. In what language is Elliot's most recent commercial broadcast upon its release?
5. Orangutan's comment to Fountainhead after he announces his relapse is that maybe he will make it to Day 30 of sobriety if he takes what action?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's haiku that she posts on the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two.
2. What does Elliot consider inappropriate about the method his father uses to let him know that his adoptive mother Ginny has been placed on life support?
3. How does the audience learn of Elliot's volatile temper within Scene Three when he learns that his mother Ginny is on life support?
4. What behaviors of Ginny's near the end of her life are upsetting Elliot so much that he enlists Yazmin's help?
5. Discuss the Ghost's role as a theatrical externalization within the play.
6. What does Clay/ChutesandLadders reveal as the catalyst for his decision to get sober?
7. In return for agreeing to deliver Ginny's eulogy, what does Yazmin ask Elliot to do for her?
8. What is the reason for Clay/ChutesandLadders' surprise at Madeleine/Orangutan's appearance in the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two?
9. What fact about Madeleine/Orangutan's identity is learned by Clay/ChutesandLadders, Odessa/Haikumom, and the audience all at once in Scene Two?
10. What does Yazmin say is the reason for her divorce from William and how does that reason reflect a theme of the play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the playwright's use of light as a motif within the play Water by the Spoonful. How is the motif used and what messages are sent through the scenes in which the motif appears? Back up your points with quotes from the play.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the significance of the Ghost in the play. What is the playwright's purpose in including the Ghost and how does the Ghost's presence reflect particular themes put forth by the play as a whole? Choose specific quotes from both the dialogue and the stage directions in order to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the play's title and how does it intertwine with many themes within the play? Choose at least three themes represented by the play's title and use concrete details from particular scenes to support your claims.
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