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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 does ChutesAndLadders plan to do with the proceeds from the sale of his car?
2. What event does ChutesAndLadders name as the event that once ended a 5-year stretch of sobriety in his life?
3. When Odessa does not answer her door, how do Elliot and Yazmin know that she is in her house?
4. What does the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?
5. When Orangutan is at the Sapporo train station and is chatting online with ChutesAndLadders, what objects in America does she liken to internet cafes in Japan in terms of how ubiquitous they are?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
3. What is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?
4. What does Odessa/Haikumom say to John/Fountainhead that causes him to say, "Fuck you" (62) and to start to leave the diner?
5. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
6. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
7. Why does John/Fountainhead lie about how he knows Odessa/Haikumom when meeting Elliot and Yazmin?
8. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?
9. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate how the theme of redemption is presented within the play's narrative. Who is in need of redemption, who achieves redemption by the end of the play, and who needs to fall even further toward rock bottom in order to be eligible for redemption? Create a claim pertaining to the theme of redemption and back it up using concrete details from the play.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of water within Water by the Spoonful. In what instances does water emerge, what patterns are present in its emergence, and what messages are sent through its overall portrayal? Use concrete details from the play to support your points.
Essay Topic 3
Study the overall structure of the play, examining how the two separate stories are interwoven by the playwright and how the structure of that interweaving changes over the course of the play. What effect does the structure of play ultimately have on its meaning? Be sure to support your analysis of the play's structure using concrete details from the text.
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