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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. Whose house is Austin house sitting?

2. How are Lee and Austin related?

3. What meal does Austin offer to Lee?

4. What is Lee carrying when he enters?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Austin think Lee can help their father?

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

4. Why does Austin lend Lee his car?

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

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

7. After Lee asks Austin again to write the screenplay, how does Austin react? What tactic does he employ?

8. Why has Mom come home early?

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

10. What does Saul think is the difference between films and movies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of one brother loving beginnings and one loving endings? Are they true opposites in every way, or is there an overlap?

Essay Topic 2

Saul lost a bet, and thus Austin's story was moot and Lee's story moved forward. How does gambling factor into the lives of both brothers? Do they have different ideas of what it is to gamble? Discuss the toasters later in the play.

Essay Topic 3

Lee marvels at the amount of locks Mom has on the windows and doors. Why would she feel the need for such extreme security measures? Could it have to do with her knowledge of Lee's profession?

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