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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 8, Plot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?
(a) Hypochondria.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Perfectionism.
(d) Jealousy.

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

3. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?
(a) Action, Background, Characters, Drama, and Ending.
(b) Asides, Background, Drama, Characters, and Encoding.
(c) Alice's Books Do Create Excitement.
(d) Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending.

4. 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) No, she was not even very interested.
(c) Yes, about a girl on crutches.
(d) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basic formula for drama?

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

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

4. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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

(see the answer key)

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