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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. Where does Anne keep her index cards?
(a) In her purse.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) In a nice stack on her desk.
(d) In her pocket and in her car.

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

3. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?
(a) Having enough paper in the printer.
(b) Writing a bad first draft.
(c) All the characters talking at one time.
(d) Quieting the critical voices.

4. How does Anne define clutter?
(a) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(b) Wonderfully fertile ground.
(c) Something to be swept under the rug.
(d) Makes her hold her breath.

5. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?
(a) No, she was not even very interested.
(b) Yes, she was going to write a food review about the hot dogs there.
(c) Yes, about a girl on crutches.
(d) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne write at times when she is stuck?

2. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?

3. What two qualities are needed to communicate effectively according to Anne?

4. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?

5. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?

(see the answer key)

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