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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lee think Austin is smart?
(a) Because Austin is a genius.
(b) Because Austin went to college.
(c) Because Austin killed the coyotes.
(d) Because Austin has gotten into so many prominent peoples' houses.

2. Whose script does Saul decide to drop?
(a) Saul decides to drop the old man's script for Mom's.
(b) Saul decides to drop Mom's script for the old man's.
(c) Saul decides to drop Austin's script in favor of Lee's.
(d) Saul decides to drop Lee's script in favor of Austin's.

3. Whom does Lee think are involved in most murder cases?
(a) Friends.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Complete strangers.
(d) Family.

4. What do the brothers realize about what Saul has told them regarding their scripts?
(a) Saul told them he wanted to write the script himself.
(b) Saul told each of them their scripts were the best stories he had seen in a long time.
(c) Saul told them they could each play the lead part.
(d) Saul told them a famous actor would be in the story.

5. Where did Lee go the night before?
(a) He went to Alaska.
(b) He went up to the foothills.
(c) He went to Las Vegas.
(d) He went to visit the old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offends Lee so much that he grabs Austin and shakes him?

2. What kind of swing does Saul mime for Lee?

3. What would Austin miss in the desert?

4. What do Lee's main characters have in common as the light fades in his screenplay?

5. Which desert did Lee inhabit?

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