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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. How old is ChutesAndLadders?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 45.
(d) 50.

2. What is Elliot wearing around his neck that he tells the professor was given to him by his girlfriend?
(a) A gold locket.
(b) Military dog tags.
(c) A yarn necklace.
(d) A silver chain.

3. Which Jazz artist is the subject of Yazmin's lecture when she receives the emergency text from Elliot?
(a) Chick Corea.
(b) John Coltrane.
(c) Charlie Mingus.
(d) Miles Davis.

4. What make of car does Fountainhead drive?
(a) Volkswagen.
(b) Porsche.
(c) Lamborghini.
(d) Lexus.

5. From what California city does ChutesAndLadders hail?
(a) Santa Rosita.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. In HaikuMom's first online haiku poem of the play, what does she suggest people on the forum do when they get restless?

2. How long has it been since ChutesAndLadders has spoken to his son?

3. In what sport does Fountainhead say he had placed at state championships two years in a row?

4. What number wedding anniversary is Fountainhead set to celebrate with his wife the day following his first log-in to the addiction support forum?

5. In what language is Elliot's most recent commercial broadcast upon its release?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the audience learn of Elliot's volatile temper within Scene Three when he learns that his mother Ginny is on life support?

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

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

4. For what transgression against Ginny does Elliot feel the most guilty and why?

5. 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?

6. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?

7. What does Yazmin say is the reason for her divorce from William and how does that reason reflect a theme of the play?

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

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

10. What behaviors of Ginny's near the end of her life are upsetting Elliot so much that he enlists Yazmin's help?

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