Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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What does the juxtaposition between The Ghost’s phrase and other elements of Scene 6 suggest about the phrase? (from Scene 5)

That dealing with the past represented by The Ghost and the phrase is somehow essential for Elliot’s recovery from PTSD.

That Yazmin is on the road to recovery from her past, but Elliot is not.

That Elliot is as haunted by The Ghost and his words as Yazmin is by her addiction.

That the chatroom characters are as haunted by Elliot’s past as he is.

Who are Madeleine and Buddy? (from Scene 15)

Ginny and Elliot’s dad: Madeleine and Buddy are their pet nicknames for each other.

Odessa and John: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames for each other.

Yazmin and Elliot: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames in the chatroom.

Orangutan and Chutes: Madeleine and Buddy are their real names.

What is the most likely reason John (Fountainhead) doesn’t leave his frank conversation with Odessa? (from Scene 7)

He is desperate for her to help him quit using crack.

He is desperate for her to give him the real names of the other users in the chatroom.

He is desperate for her to tell the other users in the chatroom to stop picking on him.

He is desperate for her to tell him where she gets her drugs.

Which circumstance earlier in the play is referred to indirectly in Fountainhead’s comment in Scene 13 that Yazmin and Elliot have to go to Puerto Rico? (from Scene 13)

Yazmin’s desire to reconnect with her family in the aftermath of her divorce.

Odessa’s wish to have her ashes scattered in the country (Puerto Rico) from which she came.

Ginny’s wish to have her ashes scattered in the country (Puerto Rico) from which she came.

Elliot’s father’s wish to return to visit the family in the wake of Ginny’s death.

By the end of the play, whose past actions are redeemed the least, and why? (from Scene 15)

Chutes, because he resents Orangutan dragging him all the way to Japan against his will.

Yazmin, because her decision to move into the family home is based on greed (for its resale value) than on anything positive.

Elliot’s, because he doesn’t appear to be taking steps to create something positive in his life/ in the world.

John, because he hopes that by taking care of Odessa, she’ll help him keep his addiction secret.