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

2. What does Anne say good writing is about?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Telling the truth.
(c) Spelling everything correctly.
(d) Outlines, plots, and themes.

3. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?
(a) Good plots.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Drama.
(d) Pictures.

4. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?
(a) Poems.
(b) Childhood.
(c) A near-death experience.
(d) Third grade.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?

5. What is the basic formula for drama?

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