Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

She wants to catch a later train.

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Chutes.

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Haikumom.

She’s afraid of being disappointed.

2.

What is the most likely reason that, at the end of the lecture, Yazmin says her first music lesson was only seven minutes long? (from Scene 3)

She left in anger when her teacher said she didn’t understand music.

That was the length of time it took to play her composition for the teacher who taught her about dissonance.

She left in anger when her teacher said he hated her composition.

That was the length of her time with the teacher who taught her about the true music in “dissonance”.

3.

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

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

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

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

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

4.

Ginny’s nurturing of plants in her garden can be seen as a parallel to what action by another character? (from Scene 5)

Yazmin’s nurturing of her students.

Haikumom’s nurturing of the visitors to her chatroom.

Elliot’s nurturing of his father.

Yazmin’s nurturing of Orangutan.

5.

What is the metaphoric significance of Odessa turning the empty cup upside down? (from Scene 10, 11)

It suggests that she feels hopeful about rebuilding a relationship with Elliot.

It suggests that she feels her relationship with Yazmin is empty and useless.

It suggests that she feels her own life is empty and useless.

It suggests that she feels her despair about what happened with Elliot is over.

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