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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. What is Odessa doing during Ginny's funeral?

2. How many arrests for civil disobedience did Ginny have on her record during her lifetime?

3. How does ChutesAndLadders describe the color of the car he is trying to sell?

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

5. What feature does Elliot say Ginny had used her carpentry skills to build on 47 different occasions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Odessa/Haikumom and John/Fountainhead find that they have in common when they first meet at the diner in person?

3. How does Odessa/Haikumom respond to John/Fountainhead's admission that he had minimized the depth of his addiction in his first post on the forum?

4. What is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Perform a biographical criticism of Water by the Spoonful by researching Quiara Alegria Hudes's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular play and then support that claim with quotes from the play and from your playwright research.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the play's treatment of class and privilege. Consider the socioeconomic status of a variety of different characters and analyze the playwright's ultimate message regarding class and privilege. Use quotes from the play to support your points.

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