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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. Ten days before Pammy died, she went shopping with Anne. On this excursion Anne figured out what Pammy's essence was. What was it?
(a) It was about her checks and her clothes.
(b) It was about who she was, not her clothes.
(c) It was about who she was, not what she could do with her hands.
(d) It was about how well she wrote checks.

2. How does plot fall together?
(a) Piece by piece, like a puzzle.
(b) As you listen to your characters and watch them move.
(c) As you conform your characters to the plot in your outline.
(d) As you listen to jazz music and drink wine.

3. What is Anne's father's occupation?
(a) Hippie.
(b) Writer.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Real Estate Agent.

4. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?
(a) They are bad spellers.
(b) They are too busy writing to listen to her class.
(c) They do not have good agents.
(d) They really want to be published, and kind of want to write.

5. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?
(a) "Writing a novel is like making dinner. If you do prep work, the cooking comes easy."
(b) "Writing a novel is like taking a horse to water, but then he does not drink."
(c) "Writing makes me paranoid. I don't recommend it."
(d) "Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?

2. What was the image from a medieval monk, Brother Lawerence, that helped Anne come to terms with the residents in the nursing home?

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

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

5. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

(see the answer key)

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