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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 religious upbringing have Fountainhead and Haikumom both experienced, though they do not practice that religion as adults?
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Shintoism.
(d) Catholicism.

2. What is Haikumom's real name?
(a) Yazmin.
(b) Janice.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Ginny.

3. How do Elliot and Yazmin gain entry to Odessa's house after Ginny's funeral?
(a) Elliot kicks the door in.
(b) Yazmin kicks the door in.
(c) Elliot finds the spare key in a flowerpot.
(d) The landlord lets them in.

4. What happens immediately after Yazmin and Odessa look up and see a brilliant light above them?
(a) Odessa screams.
(b) Odessa disappears.
(c) Elliot lies down.
(d) Odessa slips into Yazmin's arms.

5. How much does Yazmin guess that she and Elliot will get for Haikumom's computer at the pawnshop?
(a) $25.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $15.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the audience sees Orangutan on a different stage during Ginny's funeral and she hears the final boarding call for her train to her birth city, what does she do?

2. How many abandoned homes did Ginny refurbish and sell to young families prior to her death?

3. When Orangutan is at the Sapporo train station and is chatting online with ChutesAndLadders, what objects in America does she liken to internet cafes in Japan in terms of how ubiquitous they are?

4. What does ChutesAndLadders tell Orangutan happened to him as a result of her three month absence from the Addiction Support forum?

5. In what city was Orangutan born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the importance of human connection highlighted in Scene Thirteen when Clay/ChutesandLadders plans to meet Madeleine/Orangutan in Japan and John/Fountainhead reaches out to the other members of the Addiction Support forum from the hospital?

2. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's whereabouts and actions during the time her sister Ginny's funeral is taking place across town?

3. What wrong assumption does John/Fountainhead make based on Odessa/Haikumom's appearance?

4. What does the light represent within Scene Twelve when Madeleine/Orangutan is awakened on the train platform by the policeman's flashlight and Yazmin sees a light above Odessa/Haikumom?

5. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?

6. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?

7. How does Odessa/Haikumom respond to John/Fountainhead's admission that he had minimized the depth of his addiction in his first post on the forum?

8. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?

9. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?

10. What is the playwright's purpose in having three different scenes play out at the same time in Scene Eleven?

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