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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. When Elliot poses as Haikumom online and Orangutan asks for a poem, what question does Elliot type instead?
2. Why does ChutesAndLadders place on hold the person who is expressing interest in buying his car?
3. 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?
4. What does the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?
5. What happens immediately after Yazmin and Odessa look up and see a brilliant light above them?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?
2. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's whereabouts and actions during the time her sister Ginny's funeral is taking place across town?
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. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
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 is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?
7. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?
8. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
9. 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?
10. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the play's message regarding the nature of technology? Write a strong claim that states the play's message about technology and support your claim with concrete details from the play.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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