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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. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?
(a) You point and shoot at what you think you want, but it does not always turn out as expected.
(b) Anybody can take a Polariod picture, as long as there is film in the camera.
(c) Quick and easy, just like writing.
(d) You are not supposed to know what the picture looks like until it finishes developing.

2. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Elegant.
(b) Rapturous.
(c) Not rapturous.
(d) Dewy and thrilled.

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

4. What is the question Anne's students always ask?
(a) How do you know when you are done?
(b) How can you put an octopus to bed?
(c) How can I write like Dr. Suess?
(d) What happens when a character changes?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anne's second suggestion about writing dialogue?

2. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?

3. How do you get your confidence and intuition back?

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

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?

(see the answer key)

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