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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 is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?
(a) Flip a coin.
(b) Something, anything; making a mistake is better than doing nothing.
(c) Sit in a corner with your arms around your knees, and just start rocking back and forth.
(d) Call your mother for advice.

2. When you start thinking like a writer, where does Anne suggest you get your material?
(a) During meditation.
(b) Everywhere, everything can be used as material.
(c) At the supermarket.
(d) When you walk your dog.

3. Secretly, why do some people attend Anne's writing class?
(a) In hopes she will love their writing and send it to her agent.
(b) To become her friend.
(c) To learn how to write better.
(d) To socialize.

4. When writing her letter to Sam, who did Anne picture peering over her shoulder?
(a) Dr. Suess.
(b) Sam.
(c) Her editor.
(d) Pammy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question Anne's students always ask?

2. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?

3. What does Anne consider a most depressing experience?

4. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?

5. What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for?

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