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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. Which Jazz artist is the subject of Yazmin's lecture when she receives the emergency text from Elliot?

2. How many other Asians had Orangutan seen in person before traveling to Japan?

3. To what do Orangutan, ChutesAndLadders, and HaikuMom toast after ChutesAndLadders' story about his brush with death on Coronado Beach?

4. In what sport does Fountainhead say he had placed at state championships two years in a row?

5. How old is Orangutan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John/Fountainhead differ from all of the other characters in the play?

2. What is the subject of Yazmin's lecture to her music theory class?

3. How does Odessa/Haikumom handle her job as site administrator and what are her duties?

4. What fact about Madeleine/Orangutan's identity is learned by Clay/ChutesandLadders, Odessa/Haikumom, and the audience all at once in Scene Two?

5. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?

6. What behaviors of Ginny's near the end of her life are upsetting Elliot so much that he enlists Yazmin's help?

7. 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?

8. What new information does the audience learn about John/Fountainhead within Scene 6 during his second appearance on the Addiction Support forum?

9. How does Elliot try to lessen the pain caused by his wounded leg now that he no longer takes pain medication?

10. For what transgression against Ginny does Elliot feel the most guilty and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the playwright's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within Water by the Spoonful. Be sure to use particular characters and their situations to arrive at a specific and clear claim about the playwright's treatment of these topics. Use quotes from the play to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

What is the play's message regarding bravery? How do the events and characters define bravery and what is the play's ultimate message about those definitions? Use concrete details to support your claim about the play's message regarding bravery.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of irony in the play Water by the Spoonful. How is irony used and how does its use shape the themes inherent in the play's narrative structure? Use concrete details from the play to prove your points.

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