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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. Why was he passing through the desert?
2. What does Lee tell Austin to check on the car?
3. At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4, what is the time of day?
4. Which desert did Lee inhabit?
5. What is the first sound effect present in the stage directions?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Austin stop Lee in the middle of his story?
2. What does Saul think is the difference between films and movies?
3. How does Lee wish he had grown up?
4. Does Lee understand the difference between an outline and a first draft? Why/why not?
5. What is one of the ways Lee makes a living?
6. Why is Austin so surprised that Lee has "sealed the deal"?
7. Where has Mom gone for vacation, and what specific job did she leave for Austin?
8. Why does Saul feel Austin is the right person to write Lee's screenplay?
9. Are the brothers jealous of each other?
10. How do Saul and Lee try to lure Austin to the project?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Austin physically assaults Lee in the end to get what he wants. While Lee threatened to assault Austin throughout the play, he never actually did. How does this represent a turning point for Austin? For the brothers' relationship? How will the play end after the lights go down? Will the brothers reconcile? Will there be a fight? Will they each survive?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the last sound effect of the play, a single coyote in the distance? Of whom or what is it representative?
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