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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) Paying attention.
(b) Wine and chocolate.
(c) Compassionate detachment.
(d) Ripples in the water.

2. 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 have compassion for the character.
(c) Recognize how descriptive the character is.
(d) For the reader to be able to see what a wonderful writer has done with the character's dialect.

3. 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) A headache and ulcer.
(d) Confidence and time to improve the work.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work?

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

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

4. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

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

(see the answer key)

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