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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. Where did Lee go the night before?
(a) He went to Alaska.
(b) He went up to the foothills.
(c) He went to visit the old man.
(d) He went to Las Vegas.

2. What does Lee tell Austin to check on the car?
(a) The speedometer.
(b) The gas.
(c) The tire pressure.
(d) The muffler.

3. What, according to Lee, is Austin paid to do?
(a) Austin is paid to sit around and dream.
(b) Austin is paid to do backbreaking work.
(c) Austin is paid to be worthless.
(d) Austin is paid to drive on the freeway.

4. At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4, what is the time of day?
(a) It is morning.
(b) It is evening.
(c) It is nighttime.
(d) It is afternoon.

5. What is the last western movie Lee has seen?
(a) True Grit.
(b) Lonely are the Brave.
(c) Dirty Harry.
(d) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee accuse of Austin?

2. What is Lee's reaction when Austin suggests he sleep?

3. What is Lee concerned about breaking?

4. What time does Austin ask Lee to be back?

5. What does Austin think she has that is valuable?

Short Essay Questions

1. If Austin's story does not go over with the producer, what does Lee offer?

2. How does Saul feel initially about Austin's screenplay?

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

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

5. Why does Austin want Lee out of the house during his meeting with Saul?

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

7. Does Saul feel threatened by Lee?

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

9. Why does Austin lend Lee his car?

10. What is the last sound effect of the play?

(see the answer keys)

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