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

2. Why is Austin concerned about Lee stealing from the neighborhood?
(a) Lee sticks out like a sore thumb, and he does not want Lee to get picked up.
(b) He knows and loved all of his neighbors.
(c) He has flat tires on his car.
(d) He has already stolen everything and there is nothing left.

3. Whose hand does Saul shake before he leaves?
(a) Mom's hand.
(b) Lee's hand.
(c) The old man's hand.
(d) Austin's hand.

4. What is the shape of Mom's plates?
(a) Her plates are shaped like Idaho.
(b) Her plates are shaped like Texas.
(c) Her plates are shaped like circles.
(d) Her plates are shaped like squares.

5. What geological feature does Lee point out is missing from the Panhandle?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Plateaus.
(c) Volcanos.
(d) Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Austin mentions Lee lived in the desert, where does Saul assume he meant?

2. At what kind of table is Lee seated?

3. What does Lee want to borrow from Austin?

4. Who have Lee and Austin recently been to see?

5. What does Lee tell Austin to check on the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Austin's impulse to drive to the desert after he gets the news about his script?

2. Where has Mom gone for vacation, and what specific job did she leave for Austin?

3. Does Lee think Austin would be any good at his former profession? Why/why not?

4. Why does Austin feel he is more in touch with what people want than Lee?

5. Why does Austin lend Lee his car?

6. Does Mom think Austin is cut out for the desert?

7. Why does Austin claim he could not live in the desert like Lee?

8. Where did Lee go instead of sleeping, and why did he go there?

9. What does Austin use as a reference when Lee asks him the time?

10. What is Lee carrying when he enters the scene, and where did he presumably get the item?

(see the answer keys)

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