Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) Her lunch.
(b) The girl on crutches.
(c) The cool man.
(d) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.

2. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?
(a) To create books.
(b) To find a good agent.
(c) To get published.
(d) To get noticed and make lots of money.

3. What is the basic formula for drama?
(a) Setup, switch, sendoff.
(b) Setup, buildup, payoff.
(c) Buildup, payoff, setup.
(d) There is no formula, drama naturally occurs.

4. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?
(a) Mel Brooks.
(b) Dr. Suess.
(c) The fourteenth Dalai Lama.
(d) Samuel Goldwyn.

5. What advice did Anne's father give her brother when he was overwhelmed at writing a report on birds?
(a) "Take pictures of the birds in Bolinas."
(b) "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."
(c) "Woody Woodpecker is a great bird to write about."
(d) "Only write about California birds this time."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?

2. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?

3. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

4. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?

5. Where does Anne say a moral position begins?

(see the answer key)

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