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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 did Anne feel after the basketball game?
(a) Like she could write all day.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Depressed and hungry.
(d) Thankful for what she and her son had.

2. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?
(a) To find a good agent.
(b) To create books.
(c) To get noticed and make lots of money.
(d) To get published.

3. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?
(a) The "cool man" game.
(b) Tragedy transfromed to joy and sheer effort.
(c) The girl on crutches.
(d) The runners.

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

5. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?
(a) Flow, form, and set design.
(b) Inventiveness, playfulness, and life force.
(c) The heart, mind, and spirit.
(d) Radio station KFKD and the distracting voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?

2. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?

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

4. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?

5. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

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