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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. What is NOT one thing that Orangutan lists among the items that she buys with her paychecks from teaching?

2. What reason does Yazmin give for refusing to act in the role Elliot wants her to play in Ginny's funeral?

3. Who does Orangutan ask to join her in Japan?

4. Orangutan's comment to Fountainhead after he announces his relapse is that maybe he will make it to Day 30 of sobriety if he takes what action?

5. What type of flowers does Elliot refuse to have in Ginny's funeral wreath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the Arabic phrase that is stuck in Elliot's head?

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

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. Discuss the Ghost's role as a theatrical externalization within the play.

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

7. What are Clay/ChutesandLadders's and Madeleine/Orangutan's reactions to John/Fountainhead's first post on the Addiction Support forum?

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

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

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

What is the play's message regarding bravery? How do the events and characters define bravery and what is the play's ultimate message about those definitions? Use concrete details to support your claim about the play's message regarding bravery.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate how the theme of redemption is presented within the play's narrative. Who is in need of redemption, who achieves redemption by the end of the play, and who needs to fall even further toward rock bottom in order to be eligible for redemption? Create a claim pertaining to the theme of redemption and back it up using concrete details from the play.

Essay Topic 3

What is the play's overall message concerning the inevitability of the past's hold on humans' current identities? Create a clear and specific claim stating the playwright's message and back up your points with carefully chosen scenes and quotes from the play.

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