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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 is Lee concerned about breaking?
(a) He is concerned about breaking Austin's concentration.
(b) He is concerned about breaking his glass.
(c) He is concerned about breaking the table.
(d) He is concerned about breaking the window.

2. What is one of Lee's main character's realizations?
(a) He has blown a tire.
(b) He is going blind.
(c) He is running out of gas.
(d) He is missing his map.

3. Why did Lee stop fooling around with art?
(a) He has painful memories and can never again pick up a pen.
(b) He got amnesia and could not remember anything.
(c) He had one bad review and it ruined him.
(d) He thinks there is no future in art.

4. What kind of story does Lee have for Saul?
(a) A thriller.
(b) A Renaissance romance.
(c) A western.
(d) An art film set in France.

5. What do Lee's main characters have in common as the light fades in his screenplay?
(a) Each character has brown hair.
(b) Each character is afraid.
(c) Each character has a daughter.
(d) Each character cannot read.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of swing does Saul mime for Lee?

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

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

4. What does Lee want to watch on the TV?

5. What meal does Austin offer to Lee?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Austin assert his authority over Lee?

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

4. Give a brief description of Lee's characters' chase scene.

5. Are the brothers jealous of each other?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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