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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long has it been since ChutesAndLadders has spoken to his son?
2. Who does Orangutan ask to join her in Japan?
3. In her thirteenth year, Yazmin's music teacher listened to one of her compositions and called it pretty. What simile did he use to characterize her piece of music?
4. What adjective does Haikumom use to describe Fountainhead's first post on the addiction support forum?
5. What type of flowers does Elliot refuse to have in Ginny's funeral wreath?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the Ghost's role as a theatrical externalization within the play.
2. How does Odessa/Haikumom handle her job as site administrator and what are her duties?
3. In return for agreeing to deliver Ginny's eulogy, what does Yazmin ask Elliot to do for her?
4. What is ironic about Elliot's comment upon Ginny's death when he says that Odessa/Haikumom is shutting herself off from the world?
5. What are Clay/ChutesandLadders's and Madeleine/Orangutan's reactions to John/Fountainhead's first post on the Addiction Support forum?
6. How does Elliot try to lessen the pain caused by his wounded leg now that he no longer takes pain medication?
7. What label does Clay/ChutesandLadders insist that John/Fountainhead apply to himself and why does he insist on this admission?
8. How does the audience learn of Elliot's volatile temper within Scene Three when he learns that his mother Ginny is on life support?
9. What do the stage directions say the actors should be doing while chatting online with one another?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Study the overall structure of the play, examining how the two separate stories are interwoven by the playwright and how the structure of that interweaving changes over the course of the play. What effect does the structure of play ultimately have on its meaning? Be sure to support your analysis of the play's structure using concrete details from the text.
Essay Topic 2
What message does the play send to the audience about the nature and defintion of family? Create a specific, arguable, and clear claim stating the play's message concerning the nature and definition of family and use concrete details to back up your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the significance of the Ghost in the play. What is the playwright's purpose in including the Ghost and how does the Ghost's presence reflect particular themes put forth by the play as a whole? Choose specific quotes from both the dialogue and the stage directions in order to support your claim.
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