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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 4, Someone to Read Your Drafts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Part 2, what does Anne say writing is about?
(a) "...learning to pay attention and communicate what is going on."
(b) Making up stories about fairies.
(c) A good plot treatment.
(d) Getting published!

2. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?
(a) The stories of our life.
(b) An emotional acre.
(c) A mason jar.
(d) A one-inch picture frame.

3. Before she sends copies to her editor or agent, who reads Anne's drafts for her?
(a) Her son and the guy at the copy shop.
(b) A student and a librarian.
(c) Her two best friends.
(d) Her best friend and a librarian.

4. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?
(a) After teatime.
(b) When your editor tells you who they are.
(c) When you first sit down and start to write about them.
(d) Weeks or months after you started working with them.

5. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?
(a) Characters come after you finish a good outline.
(b) Like a Polaroid, it takes time to know them.
(c) Quickly and easily.
(d) Like a sunrise, full of beauty and splendor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ethan Canin's idea of the most valuable thing about writing?

2. What does Anne say that there is ecstasy in?

3. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?

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

5. What does Anne suggest feedback from someone close to you yields?

(see the answer key)

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