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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 does Elliot do with the eggs when Ginny goes to the bathroom?

2. In what language is Elliot's most recent commercial broadcast upon its release?

3. What phrase does ChutesAndLadders use to describe his physical appearance?

4. What role does Elliot want Yazmin to take on during Ginny's funeral?

5. How many drug overdoses had ChutesAndLadders experienced before his near-death experience on Coronado Beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What behaviors of Ginny's near the end of her life are upsetting Elliot so much that he enlists Yazmin's help?

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

3. What does Clay/ChutesandLadders reveal as the catalyst for his decision to get sober?

4. What is the reason for Clay/ChutesandLadders' surprise at Madeleine/Orangutan's appearance in the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two?

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

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

7. How does Elliot try to lessen the pain caused by his wounded leg now that he no longer takes pain medication?

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

9. What is the subject of Yazmin's lecture to her music theory class?

10. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of irony in the play Water by the Spoonful. How is irony used and how does its use shape the themes inherent in the play's narrative structure? Use concrete details from the play to prove your points.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the playwright's use of light as a motif within the play Water by the Spoonful. How is the motif used and what messages are sent through the scenes in which the motif appears? Back up your points with quotes from the play.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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