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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 the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?

2. What literary device does Elliot declare to be present in Haikumom's choice of computer password once he figures it out?

3. Who shines a flashlight onto Orangutan and offers her his assistance?

4. When Haikumom admits that she still craves crack cocaine, how often does she say she craves it on a good day?

5. For how many months does Elliot reveal to Yazmin that his struggle with a severe addiction to pain medication lasted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?

2. 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?

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 simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?

5. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?

6. Why does John/Fountainhead lie about how he knows Odessa/Haikumom when meeting Elliot and Yazmin?

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

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

9. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?

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

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

Study the final scene of the play, Scene 15, and use it to determine the playwright's main message to the audience. What does she want the audience to realize by the end of that scene and how does she get that message across in a clear yet symbolic fashion? Use concrete details from the final scene and from elsewhere in the play in order to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

What message does the play send to the audience about the nature and defintion of family? Create a specific, arguable, and clear claim stating the play's message concerning the nature and definition of family and use concrete details to back up your claim.

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