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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 do you get your confidence and intuition back?
(a) By stopping the chattering of the rational mind.
(b) By calling a friend.
(c) By exercising daily.
(d) By taking a writing class.

2. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?
(a) Yes, she was going to write a food review about the hot dogs there.
(b) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.
(c) Yes, about a girl on crutches.
(d) No, she was not even very interested.

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

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

5. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(b) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.
(c) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(d) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, who was the self-proclaimed "cool man?"

2. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?

3. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?

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

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

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