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

2. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Dewy and thrilled.
(b) Not rapturous.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Rapturous.

3. 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.

4. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?
(a) It was really about opening our insides in front of everyone. Just like writing.
(b) All the kids wanted to trade for her tuna salad.
(c) Homemade bread was something to be proud of.
(d) Her father always made the perfect sandwiches.

5. What did Anne's father tell his students to read?
(a) A few poems and hardback books.
(b) Only Thurber.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) All the great books and plays they could get their hands on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did Anne's father give her brother when he was overwhelmed at writing a report on birds?

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

3. What does Anne say good writing is about?

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

5. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?

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