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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 is Ethan Canin's idea of the most valuable thing about writing?
(a) A strong plot.
(b) A likeable narrator.
(c) Good dialog.
(d) Using a sanserif font.

2. What does Anne say must first happen before we can recognize others for who they are?
(a) Visit with them for a few hours.
(b) Watch them for a year.
(c) Compassionately knowing who you are.
(d) Ask them who they think they really are, it is so telling.

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

4. As a writer, what is very hard for Anne to take?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Suggestions on new characters.
(d) Dialog in dialect.

5. What does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?
(a) Pages of dialog with descriptive wording.
(b) One line of dialog that rings true.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) Really off the wall dialect.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

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

5. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?

(see the answer key)

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