Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

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.

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

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

2.

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

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

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

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

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

3.

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

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

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

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.

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 her time with the teacher who taught her about the true music in “dissonance”.

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.

5.

The movement back and forth between scenes in two narrative lines occurring simultaneously is known as what?

Editing.

Intercutting.

Splitting.

Anchoring.

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