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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the time of day at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Very early morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Evening.

2. Why does Lee not like calling the operator?
(a) He dislikes talking on the phone in general.
(b) He cannot hear well and they are not loud enough.
(c) He hates when he cannot find the number himself.
(d) He thinks they give him a "voice."

3. What does Lee call his new job?
(a) Legitimate.
(b) Corny.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Money.

4. What does Lee keep getting tangled?
(a) Austin's hair.
(b) The fringe on Mom's curtains.
(c) His shoelaces.
(d) The typewriter ribbon.

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

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

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

8. Where does Austin want to learn to live?
(a) The desert.
(b) The swamp land.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

10. From what illness does Lee and Austin's father suffer?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Allergies.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Lupus.

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

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

13. Why does Lee rip the phone out of the wall?
(a) The operator hung up on him.
(b) He could not find a pencil.
(c) He could not find a wrench.
(d) He could not find his woman.

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

15. How much money is Saul offering for the first draft?
(a) Ten thousand dollars.
(b) Sixty thousand dollars.
(c) One million dollars.
(d) Three hundred thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the old man react when Austin went to give him money?

2. What does Austin swallow every day driving into the city?

3. Why did Austin only steal the toasters?

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

5. When did Saul make a firm commitment to Lee's project?

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