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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what part of the script does Lee want Austin's help?
(a) The story line.
(b) The typewriter.
(c) The camera directions.
(d) The characters.

2. How phony does Austin think is Lee's script?
(a) As phony as the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
(b) As phony as the Battle of Little Bighorn.
(c) As phony as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
(d) As phony as Hoppalong Cassidy.

3. Why does Saul want Austin to write Lee's script?
(a) Saul wants Austin to write Lee's script because he is the best writer in the world.
(b) Saul wants Austin to write Lee's script because they have already paid him.
(c) Saul wants Austin to write Lee's script because they are brothers.
(d) Saul wants Austin to write Lee's script because he feels guilty.

4. Why does Saul believe Lee's script?
(a) He believes in magic.
(b) He believes Lee is speaking from experience.
(c) He believes the chase scenes.
(d) He believes Austin's script is terrible.

5. How does Lee describe the time of day?
(a) It is the time of day when normal people are either going to sleep or waking up.
(b) It is the time of day when he makes phone calls.
(c) It is the time of day when coyotes kill people's cocker spaniels.
(d) It is the witching hour.

6. Where did the old man go to find a dentist?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

7. How would the money be doled out to the old man?
(a) The money would be in a trust, doled out in parcels.
(b) The money would be a lump sum, given all at once.
(c) The money would be doled out in the form of groceries.
(d) The money would be doled out dollar by dollar.

8. What do Saul and Lee decide to arrange at the end of the scene?
(a) They arrange a public screening.
(b) They arrange a psychiatric appoint for Austin.
(c) They arrange a lunch date.
(d) They arrange some flowers.

9. How did he lose his false teeth?
(a) He threw them out the window of a car.
(b) A coyote attacked him and took them.
(c) He left them in a Chop Suey bag in a bar.
(d) He threw them out with the bottles one day.

10. What are Austin's true feeling about Lee's story?
(a) Austin thinks Lee's story is terrible and cliched.
(b) Austin thinks Lee's story is a blockbuster hit.
(c) Austin thinks Lee's story is original.
(d) Austin thinks Lee's story is brilliant.

11. What is the time of day at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Evening.
(c) Morning.
(d) Night.

12. Whom does Lee want to help with the script money?
(a) Lee wants to help their father.
(b) Lee wants to help Austin's wife.
(c) Lee wants to help his wife.
(d) Lee wants to help their mother.

13. What does Austin ask for from Lee as payment, if he wins the bet?
(a) Rattlesnake bones.
(b) Screen credit.
(c) Money.
(d) More whiskey.

14. What have the brothers stolen?
(a) TVs.
(b) Toasters.
(c) Cars.
(d) Money.

15. What is Lee smashing with a golf club?
(a) Austin.
(b) The typewriter.
(c) The pots and pans.
(d) The car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lee want Austin to go outside?

2. What is the time of day at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

3. What does Lee claim he will do if Austin helps him?

4. What do the brothers realize about what Saul has told them regarding their scripts?

5. Who has volunteered to be in charge of the old man's money?

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