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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of Anne's students assume about why well-respected writers's books turn out beautifully?
(a) They are subject matter experts.
(b) They drink wine.
(c) They analyze each character.
(d) They have outlined the plot.

2. In Anne's comments on the Gulf Stream, what is the straw a metaphor for?
(a) Our pencil, a river of stories pour though it.
(b) Our fingers, a river of stories pour through them.
(c) KFKD, it is as big as the Gulf Stream.
(d) Us, as writers. The river of the story pours through us.

3. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?
(a) Pammy's memorial garden.
(b) The nursing home.
(c) The octopus' mother.
(d) Recovery.

4. What does the fourteenth Dalai Lama claim to be his religion?
(a) Moral position.
(b) Good ethics.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Buddhism.

5. What did Anne use to entertain her son, Sam, while he was in the emergency room?
(a) Readings from her favorite book.
(b) A stethoscope.
(c) Index cards and tongue depressors.
(d) Finger puppets.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?

2. When you start thinking like a writer, where does Anne suggest you get your material?

3. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?

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

5. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

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