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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. Why does Fountainhead assume that Haikumom has been to Puerto Rico?
(a) Because she has a keychain with a map of Puerto Rico on it.
(b) Because he himself has been there many times on vacation, so he assumes others have as well.
(c) Because he sees that she is Puerto Rican when they meet in person.
(d) Because she always talks about Puerto Rico.

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

3. What does Orangutan use as a pillow while spending the night on the train platform in Sapporo?
(a) Her backpack.
(b) A trash can lid.
(c) Her souvenir kimono.
(d) Her sweatshirt.

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

5. What do the stage directions indicate should happen onstage when Yazmin and Elliot try to lift Odessa onto the couch?
(a) They should lift invisible air as Odessa gets up and watches them struggle.
(b) A spotlight should appear on Odessa's face.
(c) The stage should go dark.
(d) John Coltrane music should start to play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does ChutesAndLadders name as the event that once ended a 5-year stretch of sobriety in his life?

2. When Haikumom recommends 3 rehabilitation facilities to Fountainhead, what two criteria do they all share?

3. What is Haikumom's job?

4. What major water feature is present in the city where Orangutan was born?

5. How many biological children did Ginny give birth to in her lifetime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odessa/Haikumom say to John/Fountainhead that causes him to say, "Fuck you" (62) and to start to leave the diner?

2. What subject does John/Fountainhead try to avoid by making small talk about Puerto Rico?

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

4. How does Scene Eleven display characteristics of the plot arc phase of rising action?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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