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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 godchildren did Ginny have at the time of her death?
2. How does ChutesAndLadders describe the color of the car he is trying to sell?
3. What are the final three words of Ginny's eulogy?
4. What metaphor does ChutesAndLadders use to describe what may happen to Orangutan's heart if she does meet her birth parents?
5. How many arrests for civil disobedience did Ginny have on her record during her lifetime?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
3. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?
4. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?
5. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?
6. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
7. Why does John/Fountainhead lie about how he knows Odessa/Haikumom when meeting Elliot and Yazmin?
8. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
9. How are the themes of hope and new beginnings portrayed in Scene Eleven when Clay/ChutesandLadders tries to sell his car on the phone?
10. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's whereabouts and actions during the time her sister Ginny's funeral is taking place across town?
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 function of John/Fountainhead's character within the play? What themes does his character help to highlight and how do his character traits help shape the play's message? Support your claims with concrete examples and quotes from the play's narrative.
Essay Topic 3
Trace the character arc of Clay/ChutesandLadders from the beginning of the play's narrative to the end. Is he a dynamic character or a static one and what message is the playwright sending through his character arc within the play? Support your points with concrete details from the narrative.
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