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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 3, Broccoli.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) California.
(c) Food News Review.
(d) Pots and Pans.

2. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?
(a) Insert clever dialogue whenever possible.
(b) Put two people, who would never want to be together, in a close situation. They will have lots to say.
(c) Dialogue emerges entirely from the plot. Listen to the plot.
(d) Put two people who have lots in common together for teatime.

3. According to Anne, when did we hear and listen to our intuition?
(a) As children.
(b) As teenagers.
(c) As adults.
(d) At age 20.

4. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?
(a) Dialogue written without any dialect.
(b) Dialogue written in dialect.
(c) Serif font.
(d) Dr. Suess.

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By drinking lots of wine.
(b) By getting a good agent.
(c) By writing a bad first draft.
(d) By hiring an excellent editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When you start think there is one more thing you could do, what should you remind yourself?

2. What is the question Anne's students always ask?

3. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?

4. Why did we lose access to our broccoli?

5. What is Anne's first suggestion about writing dialogue?

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