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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Anne write?
(a) She has read C. S. Lewis.
(b) She wants to and she is good at it.
(c) She is a good typist.
(d) Her father was a writer.

4. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?
(a) That she only has to write one inch of words that day.
(b) How she is too old for orthodontia.
(c) All she has to do is write as much as she can see through the one-inch picture frame.
(d) How big her mole is getting.

5. What is Anne's comment on messes?
(a) Messes do not say anything about who we are.
(b) Hire a housekeeper to clean up your messes.
(c) Messes should be kept to a minimum.
(d) They are an artist's true friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anne's first poem about that got any attention?

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

3. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

4. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

5. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?

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