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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. How many arrests for civil disobedience did Ginny have on her record during her lifetime?
2. What word does Orangutan use to describe ChutesAndLadders when he finally calls his son?
3. How many abandoned homes did Ginny refurbish and sell to young families prior to her death?
4. In what city was Orangutan born?
5. What does ChutesAndLadders plan to do with the proceeds from the sale of his car?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does John/Fountainhead lie about how he knows Odessa/Haikumom when meeting Elliot and Yazmin?
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 is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?
4. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?
5. What is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?
6. What is the playwright's purpose in having three different scenes play out at the same time in Scene Eleven?
7. What subject does John/Fountainhead try to avoid by making small talk about Puerto Rico?
8. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
9. 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?
10. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?
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 overall message concerning the inevitability of the past's hold on humans' current identities? Create a clear and specific claim stating the playwright's message and back up your points with carefully chosen scenes and quotes from the play.
Essay Topic 3
Study the final scene of the play, Scene 15, and use it to determine the playwright's main message to the audience. What does she want the audience to realize by the end of that scene and how does she get that message across in a clear yet symbolic fashion? Use concrete details from the final scene and from elsewhere in the play in order to support your claim.
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