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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Depressed and hungry.
(c) Thankful for what she and her son had.
(d) Like she could write all day.

2. What was Anne writing about when she contacted an expert to help her with the set design?
(a) A garden.
(b) A Special Olympics race.
(c) A vegetable medley.
(d) A kitchen.

3. What does the image of putting an octopus to bed describe?
(a) Exactly what it says, putting an octopus to bed.
(b) Making all the voices quiet.
(c) Putting the nursing home residents to bed.
(d) Solving problems in a final draft.

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

5. When a student is having difficulty writing, what does Anne ask them about?
(a) Their school lunches.
(b) The current time and temperature.
(c) About the wire thingy on champagne bottles.
(d) How messy they were as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?

2. What two qualities are needed to communicate effectively according to Anne?

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

4. What is Anne's father's occupation?

5. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?

(see the answer key)

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