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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. Who runs to Odessa's side and holds her once she is discovered?
(a) Elliot.
(b) Yazmin.
(c) Fountainhead.
(d) The paramedics.

2. When Yazmin is trying to talk to Elliot about his past drug issues, he tries to walk away from the conversation. What causes him to ultimately stay?
(a) Elliot has a vision of Ginny's face.
(b) Yazmin threatens to tell Elliot's buddies from the neighborhood.
(c) Yazmin begins to cry.
(d) The ghost blocks his path.

3. How many biological children did Ginny give birth to in her lifetime?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. What action does Orangutan vow to take if she stays sober for three months?
(a) To find her birth parents.
(b) To enroll in nursing school.
(c) To buy herself a new car.
(d) To throw herself a big party.

5. When Haikumom recommends 3 rehabilitation facilities to Fountainhead, what two criteria do they all share?
(a) They are located in Atlanta, Georgia, and have riverfront views.
(b) They are for wealthy people and they are for professionals.
(c) They are outpatient facilities and are close to Fountainhead's home.
(d) They are located on waterfront property and are in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Fountainhead and his wife spend their honeymoon when they were first married?

2. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?

3. What is Fountainhead's real name?

4. What do Yazmin and Elliot see when they turn on the lights inside Odessa's house?

5. What two artists are on the cassette tapes ChutesAndLadders offers for free to whomever buys his car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elliot react to Odessa/Haikumom's claim that she does not have money to contribute for Ginny's funeral wreath?

2. Why does John/Fountainhead lie about how he knows Odessa/Haikumom when meeting Elliot and Yazmin?

3. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?

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

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

7. How are the themes of hope and new beginnings portrayed in Scene Eleven when Clay/ChutesandLadders tries to sell his car on the phone?

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

9. What is the significance of Clay/ChutesandLadders's appeal to John/Fountainhead to take some action in relation to caring for Odessa/Haikumom?

10. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?

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