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

2. If we do not have our broccoli to help us write, what guides us?
(a) Our rational mind.
(b) The plot treatment.
(c) The set design.
(d) The one-inch picture frame.

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

4. According to Anne, what is the way to "nail" a character?
(a) Set design.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Hammers.
(d) Plot.

5. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?
(a) Quieting the critical voices.
(b) Having enough paper in the printer.
(c) All the characters talking at one time.
(d) Writing a bad first draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Anne use to help her gather dialog for characters?

2. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

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

4. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

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

(see the answer key)

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