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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Austin supposed to steal, according to the brothers' bet?
(a) A car.
(b) A woman.
(c) A toaster.
(d) One million dollars.

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

4. Where are Lee and Austin sitting?
(a) They are sitting on the golf course.
(b) They are sitting in the car.
(c) They are sitting in the garage.
(d) They are sitting in the kitchen alcove.

5. Who has decided to be Lee's agent?
(a) Lee.
(b) Mom.
(c) Saul.
(d) Austin.

6. What does Lee offer Austin if he steals a toaster without getting caught?
(a) Shared screen credit.
(b) His car keys.
(c) More whiskey.
(d) Money.

7. Saul describes Lee's script as a _____, not a ______.
(a) Saul describes Lee's script as a flop, not a hit.
(b) Saul describes Lee's script as an arthouse, not a blockbuster.
(c) Saul describes Lee's script as a movie, not a film.
(d) Saul describes Lee's script as a comedy, not a tragedy.

8. What does Austin think would be a great title?
(a) We moved on from champagne.
(b) Between me, the coyotes, and the crickets.
(c) Desert Walker.
(d) I'm trying to concentrate.

9. 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 brilliant.
(c) Austin thinks Lee's story is a blockbuster hit.
(d) Austin thinks Lee's story is original.

10. Why does Lee want Austin to go outside?
(a) Lee needs more space in the room for his exercises.
(b) Austin is smoking in the house, which Mom does not like.
(c) Lee is trying to concentrate.
(d) Austin smells.

11. Where does Lee want to go?
(a) Bakersfield.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Mexico.

12. With what object does Lee almost hit Austin?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A golf club.
(c) A coffee cup.
(d) A beer bottle.

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

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

15. What is burning in the bowl?
(a) Austin's shoes.
(b) The script.
(c) The old man's teeth.
(d) A coyote.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Does Austin think Lee has a good grip on reality?

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

4. What has the old man lost?

5. What is Lee smashing with a golf club?

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