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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 the split scene in Scene Twelve shows both Odessa's house and the Sapporo train platform, what is Orangutan doing?
2. What does the 911 operator tell Yazmin when she asks what do while she and Elliot wait for the ambulance to arrive?
3. How much below Blue Book value does ChutesAndLadders say he is asking for his car?
4. What does ChutesAndLadders find inside the padded envelope he finds on his desk after he trashes his office due to an online argument with Orangutan?
5. What literary device does Elliot declare to be present in Haikumom's choice of computer password once he figures it out?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?
5. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
6. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?
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 do Odessa/Haikumom and John/Fountainhead find that they have in common when they first meet at the diner in person?
9. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?
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 the playwright's use of the mother archetype within the play's events. What different types of mothers are portrayed and what is the ultimate message the playwright is sending concerning motherhood? Use examples and concrete details from the play to support your points.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
How does the existence of two co-protagonists in the characters of Elliot and Yazmin mesh with the play's overall themes and messages? Create a clear and specific claim that states the playwright's purpose in presenting the audience with two protagonists, rather than just one. Use concrete details from the play to support your claim.
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