Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Fountainhead join the chatroom? (from Scene 4)

To boast that he’s not as much of an addict as they are.

He’s a drug dealer in disguise, trying to get the chatroom characters to buy from him.

He’s a police officer in disguise, and is trying to find out which of them is dealing drugs.

To get help from the others in staying clean.

2.

How does the use of online nicknames / avatars reflect the narrative’s thematic exploration of connecting with true identity? (from Scene 2)

They enable the participants in the chatroom to tell lies about who they really are.

They enable the participants in the chatroom to say hurtful things to each other without fear of consequences in their real lives.

They conceal the truth of the users’ situation – that is, the reason they’re using the chatroom.

They conceal the users’ names, meaning that their true identities are hidden.

3.

Which of the chatroom characters is online when Elliot logs in pretending to be Haikumom? (from Scene 8)

Chutes and Ladders.

Haikumom.

Fountainhead.

Orangutan.

4.

Who are Madeleine and Buddy? (from Scene 15)

Orangutan and Chutes: Madeleine and Buddy are their real names.

Yazmin and Elliot: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames in the chatroom.

Ginny and Elliot’s dad: Madeleine and Buddy are their pet nicknames for each other.

Odessa and John: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames for each other.

5.

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

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

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

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

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

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