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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. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?
(a) Enough to write two or three books.
(b) The perfect amount for a short story.
(c) Too much for Anne and some of the people in class, it threatened to immoblize them.
(d) None, her students did not eat lunch.

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

3. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Poems.
(c) Childhood.
(d) A near-death experience.

4. Aside from talking to people, what are other ways to gather ideas for set design?
(a) Going to visit and reading books about the set your are trying to design.
(b) Reading a book on the subject and then meditating.
(c) Take a nap and dream about it, or watch a movie.
(d) You need only to look to the plot for your set design.

5. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?
(a) When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
(b) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.
(c) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.
(d) I write with crayons, it is prettier.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a character takes on a characteristic that you have no good experience in, what should you do?

2. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

3. What is Anne's second suggestion about writing dialogue?

4. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?

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

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