Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

Chutes and Ladders.

Orangutan.

Haikumom.

Fountainhead.

2.

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.

3.

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 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.

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

4.

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 Chutes.

She’s afraid of losing her friendship with Haikumom.

She’s afraid of being disappointed.

She wants to catch a later train.

5.

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 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.

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

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