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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 6, Writers Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do readers want to know about characters besides their superficial values?
(a) How they smell.
(b) What they eat.
(c) Their essence.
(d) Their hair color.

2. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By getting a good agent.
(b) By hiring an excellent editor.
(c) By writing a bad first draft.
(d) By drinking lots of wine.

3. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) The cool man.
(b) The girl on crutches.
(c) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(d) Her lunch.

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

5. Where does plot grow from?
(a) Characters.
(b) A good outline.
(c) A one-inch picture frame.
(d) A good topsoil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

2. What does Anne suggest students do when faced with "writer's block?"

3. What did Anne's therapist tell her jealousy was?

4. How does plot fall together?

5. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

(see the answer key)

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