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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 may the coyotes have done?
(a) They may have started a band.
(b) They may have settled in Mom's backyard.
(c) They may have killed someone's dog.
(d) They may have chased a neighbor down the block.

2. What is Lee drinking at the beginning of Scene 1?
(a) He is drinking tea.
(b) He is drinking milk.
(c) He is drinking beer.
(d) He is drinking soda.

3. What is Lee drinking?
(a) He is drinking soda.
(b) He is drinking coffee.
(c) He is drinking tea.
(d) He is drinking beer.

4. What does Lee throw at the window?
(a) He throws cans of beer.
(b) He throws Austin's typewriter.
(c) He throws Mom's flower pot.
(d) He throws a copper pot.

5. What is the first sound effect present in the stage directions?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Children playing.
(d) An old-time song on the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee want to clean up after the game?

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

3. What kind of coffee does Lee ask for later?

4. Why does Saul want Austin to wait before typing out a first draft?

5. In the movie, why does Lee think the main character has died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What living situation does Austin offer Lee?

2. What is Lee's example of a "great western"?

3. Does Austin earn Lee's respect by stealing the toasters?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Saul feel Austin is the right person to write Lee's screenplay?

9. Why does Austin demand his keys back from Lee?

10. Does Saul want to admit that he decided on Lee's story because he lost a bet? Why/why not?

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