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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 does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?
(a) Really off the wall dialect.
(b) One line of dialog that rings true.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) Pages of dialog with descriptive wording.

2. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?
(a) You point and shoot at what you think you want, but it does not always turn out as expected.
(b) Quick and easy, just like writing.
(c) You are not supposed to know what the picture looks like until it finishes developing.
(d) Anybody can take a Polariod picture, as long as there is film in the camera.

3. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?
(a) Like a Polaroid, it takes time to know them.
(b) Characters come after you finish a good outline.
(c) Like a sunrise, full of beauty and splendor.
(d) Quickly and easily.

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

5. What is Ethan Canin's idea of the most valuable thing about writing?
(a) Good dialog.
(b) A strong plot.
(c) Using a sanserif font.
(d) A likeable narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say good writing is about?

2. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

3. Anne's editor loved the characters in her book, but what was the problem with the book?

4. What is a plot treatment?

5. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?

(see the answer key)

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