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

2. What does ChutesAndLadders plan to do with the proceeds from the sale of his car?

3. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

4. What two artists are on the cassette tapes ChutesAndLadders offers for free to whomever buys his car?

5. In what city was Orangutan born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?

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

6. How does Elliot react to Odessa/Haikumom's claim that she does not have money to contribute for Ginny's funeral wreath?

7. What subject does John/Fountainhead try to avoid by making small talk about Puerto Rico?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Does Water by the Spoonful qualify as a humanist work of literature/theater? Why or why not? Support your claim with information about Humanism and with quotes from the play.

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