Help with actionscript

Hey people,
I’m having some trouble with a flash 5 game I’m making. I’m attempting to make a simple choice game, where there are two input text boxes and each has a different meaning. Similar to http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/beginner/Flash_5_Quiz/index.shtml. One for the smart remarks for a reply to their answer. The other for their score. I want the score added after the correct choice is made.

[color=navy]on (release) {
field1 = “The Absent of Body = The Absent of Mind”;
first1 = 0;
}[/color]

[color=black]The problem is that I don`t know how to assign variables to the text boxes and the answers so that the score carries over from the last scene. Probably a pretty stupid question but…Help anyone? Thanks in advance.[/color]