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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 does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By drinking lots of wine.
(b) By hiring an excellent editor.
(c) By getting a good agent.
(d) By writing a bad first draft.

2. How does Anne define clutter?
(a) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(b) Something to be swept under the rug.
(c) Makes her hold her breath.
(d) Wonderfully fertile ground.

3. Anne's editor loved the characters in her book, but what was the problem with the book?
(a) She had not brought them all together.
(b) The dialect was all wrong.
(c) She had false starts all over the place.
(d) The garden was not believable.

4. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?
(a) Call your mother for advice.
(b) Flip a coin.
(c) Sit in a corner with your arms around your knees, and just start rocking back and forth.
(d) Something, anything; making a mistake is better than doing nothing.

5. Where did Anne's father teach his class?
(a) On the street to hippies.
(b) San Quentin to the prisoners.
(c) Elementary school to children.
(d) The local community college to kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What constructive way does Anne suggest a writer deal with jealousy?

2. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

3. How does plot fall together?

4. What is a plot treatment?

5. What does Anne determine needs to be at the center of your stories?

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