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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. What does Anne say that there is ecstasy in?
(a) Compassionate detachment.
(b) Paying attention.
(c) Wine and chocolate.
(d) Ripples in the water.

2. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?
(a) With a big red crayon.
(b) In both a gentle and harsh way.
(c) In a gentle and encouraging way.
(d) In a harsh and savage way.

3. What does Anne say writers want to happen to a reader as they read about a character?
(a) Recognition of self within the character.
(b) For the reader to be able to see what a wonderful writer has done with the character's dialect.
(c) For the reader to have compassion for the character.
(d) Recognize how descriptive the character is.

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

5. What does Anne suggest feedback from someone close to you yields?
(a) Mindless suggestions and a loss of friends.
(b) Better plots and newer characters.
(c) Confidence and time to improve the work.
(d) A headache and ulcer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before she sends copies to her editor or agent, who reads Anne's drafts for her?

2. As a writer, what is very hard for Anne to take?

3. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?

4. What does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?

5. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?

(see the answer key)

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