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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 3, Broccoli.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By drinking lots of wine.
(b) By hiring an excellent editor.
(c) By writing a bad first draft.
(d) By getting a good agent.

2. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?
(a) Dr. Suess.
(b) Dialogue written without any dialect.
(c) Serif font.
(d) Dialogue written in dialect.

3. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.
(b) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(c) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(d) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.

4. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?
(a) Like she could write all day.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Depressed and hungry.
(d) Thankful for what she and her son had.

5. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?
(a) Sit in a corner with your arms around your knees, and just start rocking back and forth.
(b) Call your mother for advice.
(c) Something, anything; making a mistake is better than doing nothing.
(d) Flip a coin.

Short Answer Questions

1. If we do not have our broccoli to help us write, what guides us?

2. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

3. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?

4. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?

5. What image does Anne use to help her gather dialog for characters?

(see the answer key)

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