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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things ChutesAndLadders mentions on his tirade against Fountainhead during Fountainhead's first log-in to the addiction support forum?
(a) His big ego.
(b) His big heart.
(c) His big penis.
(d) His big muscles.

2. To what do Orangutan, ChutesAndLadders, and HaikuMom toast after ChutesAndLadders' story about his brush with death on Coronado Beach?
(a) Speedos.
(b) Sandbars.
(c) Rogue waves.
(d) Lifeguards.

3. What activity does ChutesAndLadders say that he and Orangutan engaged in all night the first time they met online?
(a) They sang Christmas carols.
(b) They talked about Jazz music.
(c) They traded insults.
(d) They played tic-tac-toe.

4. What illness does Ginny have?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Parkinson's Disease.
(c) Gout.
(d) AIDS.

5. What reason does Yazmin give for refusing to act in the role Elliot wants her to play in Ginny's funeral?
(a) She cannot compose music in a short time frame.
(b) She cannot lift heavy objects.
(c) Flowers make her sneeze.
(d) She hates public speaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two weapons does Fountainhead say he plans to use in his fight against his addiction?

2. What word does Haikumom type each time another member uses foul language on the forum?

3. How are Ginny and Odessa related?

4. When Yazmin gets a text message from Elliot's dad while she and Elliot are talking on the phone, what does it say?

5. What object does Elliot smash at work when he gets word of his mom's decline in health?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the Ghost's role as a theatrical externalization within the play.

2. What do the stage directions say the actors should be doing while chatting online with one another?

3. What label does Clay/ChutesandLadders insist that John/Fountainhead apply to himself and why does he insist on this admission?

4. What does Elliot consider inappropriate about the method his father uses to let him know that his adoptive mother Ginny has been placed on life support?

5. How does Odessa/Haikumom's reaction to John/Fountainhead's first post contrast with the reactions of the other regular forum members?

6. What is the subject of Yazmin's lecture to her music theory class?

7. What is the significance of the Ghost breathing on Elliot at the end of Scene 6 and knocking him down?

8. Explain the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's haiku that she posts on the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two.

9. What is the reason for Clay/ChutesandLadders' surprise at Madeleine/Orangutan's appearance in the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two?

10. How does John/Fountainhead differ from all of the other characters in the play?

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