Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who is Yazmin divorcing, and why? (from Scene 1)

Ginny, because Yazmin feels their relationship hinders her chances at academic success.

Professor Aman, because their relationship is inappropriate, given that they work together.

William, because their marriage no longer feels exceptional or stimulating.

Elliot, because their relationship feels stuck in “mediocrity”.

2.

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

Chutes and Ladders.

Orangutan.

Fountainhead.

Haikumom.

3.

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 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.

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

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

4.

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 he hated her composition.

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 she didn’t understand music.

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

5.

By the end of the play, whose past actions are redeemed the least, and why? (from Scene 15)

John, because he hopes that by taking care of Odessa, she’ll help him keep his addiction secret.

Yazmin, because her decision to move into the family home is based on greed (for its resale value) than on anything positive.

Elliot’s, because he doesn’t appear to be taking steps to create something positive in his life/ in the world.

Chutes, because he resents Orangutan dragging him all the way to Japan against his will.

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