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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Saul tell Lee to do with his story?
(a) Lee is to go and find actors for his script.
(b) Lee is told to take his story and shove it.
(c) Lee is to dictate the story to Austin, who will write an outline.
(d) Lee is to work on his story for three years, then bring it back to Saul.

2. How long has it been since Lee and Austin have seen each other?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) One year.
(d) Five years.

3. What kind of story does Lee have for Saul?
(a) A Renaissance romance.
(b) A thriller.
(c) An art film set in France.
(d) A western.

4. What does Lee tell Austin to check on the car?
(a) The tire pressure.
(b) The gas.
(c) The speedometer.
(d) The muffler.

5. Why did Lee stop fooling around with art?
(a) He has painful memories and can never again pick up a pen.
(b) He thinks there is no future in art.
(c) He had one bad review and it ruined him.
(d) He got amnesia and could not remember anything.

6. How is the main character traveling in Lee's script?
(a) He is in a plane, ready to jump out.
(b) He is running, pushing a cart with his belongings.
(c) He is in a truck, pulling his horse trailer and his horse.
(d) He is army crawling because he has been hurt.

7. To whom does Lee compare Austin's style of working?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) The Forefathers.
(c) Congress.
(d) The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

8. What does Lee want to borrow from Austin?
(a) Lee wants to borrow some paper.
(b) Lee wants to borrow his car.
(c) Lee wants to borrow a shirt.
(d) Lee wants to borrow some money.

9. What is Lee drinking at the beginning of Scene 1?
(a) He is drinking beer.
(b) He is drinking milk.
(c) He is drinking soda.
(d) He is drinking tea.

10. Where does Lee tell Saul the television came from?
(a) He says the TV is a gift from him to Austin.
(b) He says the TV is back from the shop.
(c) He says he stole it.
(d) He says Mom sent it to them.

11. Why does Saul want Austin to wait before typing out a first draft?
(a) He feels the project will never get off the ground.
(b) He thinks the story needs fleshing out and plans to bring in a team.
(c) He wants to get some seed money first.
(d) He plans to steal the idea and type it himself.

12. What observation does Lee make about the security of Mom's house?
(a) The house is airtight.
(b) She has locks on everything.
(c) She leaves everything unlocked.
(d) The security is a joke.

13. Why was he passing through the desert?
(a) He was passing through to visit the old man.
(b) He was passing through to escape the law.
(c) He was passing through to find a woman.
(d) He was passing through to find Austin.

14. What, according to Lee, is Austin paid to do?
(a) Austin is paid to be worthless.
(b) Austin is paid to sit around and dream.
(c) Austin is paid to do backbreaking work.
(d) Austin is paid to drive on the freeway.

15. Whose house is Austin house sitting?
(a) He is house sitting Lee's house.
(b) He is house sitting Mom's house.
(c) He is house sitting Dad's house.
(d) He is house sitting Saul's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time of day in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

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

3. What is the first sound effect present in the stage directions?

4. What may the coyotes have done?

5. What time does Austin ask Lee to be back?

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