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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 are the final three words of Ginny's eulogy?
2. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
3. What feature does Elliot say Ginny had used her carpentry skills to build on 47 different occasions?
4. How many biological children did Ginny give birth to in her lifetime?
5. How many godchildren did Ginny have at the time of her death?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Scene Eleven display characteristics of the plot arc phase of rising action?
2. What does John/Fountainhead finally admit just before Elliot and Yazmin enter the diner?
3. What are Odessa/Haikumom's instructions to John/Fountainhead after she regains consciousness in the hospital?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
7. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
8. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's whereabouts and actions during the time her sister Ginny's funeral is taking place across town?
9. What simile does Odessa/Haikumom use to describe trying to stay clean when she states that the support forum helps her fill the hours?
10. What does Odessa/Haikumom say to John/Fountainhead that causes him to say, "Fuck you" (62) and to start to leave the diner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 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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