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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. When Haikumom admits that she still craves crack cocaine, how often does she say she craves it on a good day?
2. How much does Yazmin guess that she and Elliot will get for Haikumom's computer at the pawnshop?
3. When Odessa's unconscious mind is speaking her thoughts onstage during her overdose, how many times does she say she has ever been to an airport?
4. What feature of his car does ChutesAndLadders mention last as a way to tempt the prospective buyer who is on the phone?
5. How many miles does the car have that ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
Short Essay Questions
1. What subject does John/Fountainhead try to avoid by making small talk about Puerto Rico?
2. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?
3. How are the themes of hope and new beginnings portrayed in Scene Eleven when Clay/ChutesandLadders tries to sell his car on the phone?
4. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
5. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?
6. What are the main tenets of Odessa/Haikumom's advice to John/Fountainhead when they meet for the first time in person at the diner?
7. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
8. What kinds of qualities does the audience surmise about Ginny's character through hearing Elliot and Yaz deliver her eulogy?
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 does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the motif of water within Water by the Spoonful. In what instances does water emerge, what patterns are present in its emergence, and what messages are sent through its overall portrayal? Use concrete details from the play to support your points.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the playwright's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within Water by the Spoonful. Be sure to use particular characters and their situations to arrive at a specific and clear claim about the playwright's treatment of these topics. Use quotes from the play to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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