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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. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?
(a) All good writers.
(b) Reporters.
(c) She does.
(d) The birds.

2. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?
(a) Eating school lunches.
(b) Taking a short assignment and writing a bad first draft.
(c) Working on a good plot line.
(d) Meditating.

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

4. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(b) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(c) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.
(d) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.

5. What does Anne say good writing is about?
(a) Outlines, plots, and themes.
(b) Spelling everything correctly.
(c) Dialect.
(d) Telling the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne define perfectionism?

2. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?

3. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

4. Why does Anne write?

5. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?

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