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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The school lunches writing assignment combines which two pieces of writing advice from Anne?
(a) Read poetry and drink wine.
(b) Short assignments and bad first drafts.
(c) Eat chocolate and take plenty of naps.
(d) Get started and consult a hypnotist.

3. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?
(a) Drama.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Good plots.
(d) Dialogue.

4. What was the image from a medieval monk, Brother Lawerence, that helped Anne come to terms with the residents in the nursing home?
(a) That we, like trees in the winter, have nothing to give, but are there to be loved unconditionally.
(b) Do not worry about tomorrow, today has enough worry for all.
(c) We are all dust in the wind.
(d) Treat others as you would want to be treated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

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

3. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?

4. What does the title, False Starts, mean?

5. What do readers want to know about characters besides their superficial values?

(see the answer key)

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