Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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What is the most likely reason John (Fountainhead) doesn’t leave his frank conversation with Odessa? (from Scene 7)

He is desperate for her to help him quit using crack.

He is desperate for her to tell him where she gets her drugs.

He is desperate for her to give him the real names of the other users in the chatroom.

He is desperate for her to tell the other users in the chatroom to stop picking on him.

Which character’s experience of his / her true identity seems the furthest away from his/her condition at the end of the play, and why? (from Scene 15)

John’s, because he continues to be in denial about his addiction and refuses to acknowledge the need to help others in the same situation.

Elliot, because in the play’s final moments, he is still haunted by the memory / experience of the Ghost.

Chutes, because he hasn’t found the courage to acknowledge that his addiction is preventing him from knowing himself.

Odessa’s, because she has relapsed thoroughly into both her addiction and her guilt over the past.

What does the juxtaposition between The Ghost’s phrase and other elements of Scene 6 suggest about the phrase? (from Scene 5)

That dealing with the past represented by The Ghost and the phrase is somehow essential for Elliot’s recovery from PTSD.

That the chatroom characters are as haunted by Elliot’s past as he is.

That Elliot is as haunted by The Ghost and his words as Yazmin is by her addiction.

That Yazmin is on the road to recovery from her past, but Elliot is not.

What is the most likely explanation for Orangutan not catching the train to the town where she was born? (from Scene 10, 11)

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Haikumom.

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Chutes.

She wants to catch a later train.

She’s afraid of being disappointed.

What is the most likely reason that Chutes is so insistent that Fountainhead be the one to take care of Odessa? (from Scene 13)

Fountainhead is both physically nearby and the one most in need of Odessa’s inspiration.

Chutes is afraid of becoming more connected to Odessa than he already is.

Chutes is afraid that if Odessa is left to the care of Elliot, that she will die.

Fountainhead is both physically nearby and the one further enough in recovery to be responsible.