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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. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?
(a) Recovery.
(b) The nursing home.
(c) The octopus' mother.
(d) Pammy's memorial garden.

2. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) The cool man.
(b) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(c) The girl on crutches.
(d) Her lunch.

3. What is Anne's first suggestion about writing dialogue?
(a) Always write in dialect.
(b) Copy conversations you hear in public.
(c) Read your words out loud.
(d) Secretly record your friends talking and use their words exactly, without asking permission.

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

5. How else does Anne say you might you know you are done?
(a) Your editor tells you that you are done.
(b) The plot has come together beautifully.
(c) Your check arrives in the mail.
(d) You have done the best you can do, and have no more to give.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?

3. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?

4. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

5. What is Anne's response to her students question about knowing when they are done?

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