Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Anne Lamott
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 10, Set Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?
(a) Rosemary Wells and Doreen Cornin.
(b) Flannery O'Conner and Faulkner.
(c) John Gardner and Faulkner.
(d) E. M. Forester and John Gardner.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?

2. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?

3. How does plot fall together?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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