Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Which circumstance earlier in the play is referred to indirectly in Fountainhead’s comment in Scene 13 that Yazmin and Elliot have to go to Puerto Rico? (from Scene 13)

Elliot’s father’s wish to return to visit the family in the wake of Ginny’s death.

Odessa’s wish to have her ashes scattered in the country (Puerto Rico) from which she came.

Yazmin’s desire to reconnect with her family in the aftermath of her divorce.

Ginny’s wish to have her ashes scattered in the country (Puerto Rico) from which she came.

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

Haikumom’s nurturing of the visitors to her chatroom.

Yazmin’s nurturing of Orangutan.

Yazmin’s nurturing of her students.

Elliot’s nurturing of his father.

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

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

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

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.

What is the reason Orangutan gives for going to see the house where she was born? (from Scene 9)

She promised herself that if she had sixty days free of drug use, she was going to go see her house.

She promised herself that if she had ninety days free of drug use, she was going to go see the house.

She wants to anger her adoptive parents, who told her to never go back to the house.

She wants to please her adoptive parents, who made her promise to visit the place where she was born.

The play’s narrative point of view suggests that bad experiences / choices in the past, including addiction, can be what?

Transcended and redeemed.

Impossible to escape.

Forgiven and forgotten.

Impossible to deal with.