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

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

3. What two qualities are needed to communicate effectively according to Anne?
(a) Compassion and high morals.
(b) Respect and agressiveness.
(c) Good penmanship and excellent dialect.
(d) Respect and compassion.

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

5. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?
(a) The rational mind.
(b) A hangover.
(c) Sleepless nights.
(d) Paranoia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the beginning of Part 2, what does Anne say writing is about?

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

5. What kind of feedback do the two people that read Anne's drafts give her?

(see the answer key)

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