Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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.

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

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

2.

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 Orangutan.

Elliot’s nurturing of his father.

Yazmin’s nurturing of her students.

Haikumom’s nurturing of the visitors to her chatroom.

3.

By the end of the play, which character seems in the least need of a positive human connection, and why? (from Scene 15)

Odessa, because she’s about to go into rehab, and is therefore on a secure road to recovery.

Orangutan, because she found the courage to take the last stage of her journey alone.

Elliot, because he’s realized he’s strong enough to recover from his past on his own.

Yazmin, because she’s got good, supportive relationships.

4.

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

Forgiven and forgotten.

Transcended and redeemed.

Impossible to escape.

Impossible to deal with.

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 help him quit using crack.

He is desperate for her to tell the other users in the chatroom to stop picking on him.

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 him where she gets her drugs.

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