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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Lee concerned about breaking?

4. What actor is in the movie Lee mentions?

5. What sport does Lee invite Saul to play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Mom come home early?

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

3. What is Lee's method of typing?

4. How does Austin leave the situation with Saul?

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

6. Why is Austin opposed to doing both scripts at the same time?

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

8. What roles did the brothers used to take as children?

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

10. How does Lee smoothly insert himself into the conversation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The brothers each admire a quality in each other--for Lee, he admires Austin's smarts and Ivy League education, and Austin admires Lee's adventurousness. How do these identifications contribute to their role reversals? Do the brothers really wish they were like the other? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Lee's speech has a markedly "country" dialect, a sharp contrast with Austin's clipped style of speech in the beginning. Take a look back through the dialogue and pinpoint the instance where Austin begins to speak like his brother, with a slight twang. What are the implications of this change?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the car keys as a metaphor for the brothers' relationship. Cite specific instances from the text where the keys represent their power struggle.

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