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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Austin miss in the desert?
(a) Running water.
(b) His typewriter.
(c) Electricity.
(d) People.

2. What sound do coyotes make in the desert?
(a) The coyotes yap.
(b) The coyotes howl.
(c) The coyotes sing.
(d) The coyotes are silent.

3. What is the villain of Lee's story pulling behind his truck?
(a) He is pulling his boat.
(b) He is pulling his victims along.
(c) He is pulling his house.
(d) He is pulling a gooseneck cattle trailer.

4. When does Lee suggest they play?
(a) The next day at the crack of dawn.
(b) Never.
(c) The next week, on Wednesday.
(d) Next month, when they have free time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does the length of Lee's stay depend?

2. Why does Saul give Lee a read-through for the script?

3. How did Lee always picture Austin?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the play, which brother appears to have his life in order?

2. After Lee asks Austin again to write the screenplay, how does Austin react? What tactic does he employ?

3. Why is Lee offended when Austin offers him money?

4. Give a brief description of Lee's characters' chase scene.

5. Briefly describe the setting at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 8.

6. How did Lee make a living in the desert?

7. How does Lee wish he had grown up?

8. How is Austin now writing Lee's script, after the demise of the typewriter?

9. Why does Austin stop Lee in the middle of his story?

10. When Lee keeps beating up on the typewriter with the golf club, what does Austin ask him to consider?

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