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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne say that unpublished writers need?
(a) Attention and honesty.
(b) A good plot treatment.
(c) To be ripped apart for their awful work.
(d) Lots of material on index cards.

2. What does Anne say has cosmic importance?
(a) Taking all the classes she has to offer.
(b) Learning to write good plot treatments.
(c) Learning to squash all feelings of jealousy.
(d) Learning to be a giver.

3. According to Anne, becoming a writer is about becoming ________.
(a) Published.
(b) Conscious.
(c) Famous.
(d) Truthful.

4. How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work?
(a) Ask someone whose work you admire if they would like to work with you.
(b) Ask someone who is a best seller if they would like to work with you.
(c) Put an ad in the paper or on the bulletin board.
(d) Ask someone who rarely reads if they would read your work.

5. Why does Anne state you should explore and understand your childhood?
(a) To gain the ability to write children's books.
(b) To gain the ability to empathize.
(c) To find good material to write about.
(d) To get rid of past baggage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne suggest students do when faced with "writer's block?"

2. What does Anne believe drives a writer's work?

3. What are good ways to start writing groups?

4. Of Anne's former students, the four that formed a writing group, how many of them had been published?

5. What voice does Anne say is the real and true voice of a writer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anne have index cards all over her house?

2. What is the main reason Anne's students want to write?

3. How should a reviewer respond to your material, according to Anne?

4. How does Anne suggest jealousy can be beneficial for a writer?

5. How did Anne's article about being a lifelong Giants fan originate?

6. Anne does not agree with the use of the word "block" in "writer's block." How does Anne describe this feeling?

7. What has Anne found to be the best ways of dealing with station KFKD?

8. How does Anne say someone reading your material can help you?

9. What two books did Anne write as gifts and why?

10. How can breathing calmly affect you when KFKD is playing?

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