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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. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?
2. When Yazmin is trying to talk to Elliot about his past drug issues, he tries to walk away from the conversation. What causes him to ultimately stay?
3. For what purpose do Yazmin and Elliot ask Haikumom to meet them at the flower shop at 9 a.m.?
4. What school does Yazmin name as the school Ginny always told her she would be attending someday, even though Yazmin was still a little girl at the time?
5. Why does ChutesAndLadders place on hold the person who is expressing interest in buying his car?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Odessa/Haikumom and John/Fountainhead find that they have in common when they first meet at the diner in person?
2. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?
3. 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?
4. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?
5. 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?
6. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?
7. What are the main tenets of Odessa/Haikumom's advice to John/Fountainhead when they meet for the first time in person at the diner?
8. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
9. What does Odessa/Haikumom say to John/Fountainhead that causes him to say, "Fuck you" (62) and to start to leave the diner?
10. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What is the significance of the play's title and how does it intertwine with many themes within the play? Choose at least three themes represented by the play's title and use concrete details from particular scenes to support your claims.
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