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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Section 4, Publication.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do readers want to know about characters besides their superficial values?
(a) How they smell.
(b) What they eat.
(c) Their essence.
(d) Their hair color.

2. What does Anne determine needs to be at the center of your stories?
(a) Something you care passionately about.
(b) Grape jelly, raspberry has too many seeds.
(c) A good climax.
(d) A beautiful set design.

3. Why did Pammy's doctor tell Anne to watch Pammy carefully in her final days?
(a) Pammy was teaching Anne how to live.
(b) For Anne to call and report Pammy's progress.
(c) For Anne to see that cancer affects the body, but the essence of the person lives.
(d) Pammy's doctor did not want her as a patient any more.

4. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?
(a) Reporters.
(b) She does.
(c) The birds.
(d) All good writers.

5. What two qualities are needed to communicate effectively according to Anne?
(a) Respect and agressiveness.
(b) Respect and compassion.
(c) Good penmanship and excellent dialect.
(d) Compassion and high morals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basic formula for drama?

2. Of Anne's former students, the four that formed a writing group, how many of them had been published?

3. When a student is having difficulty writing, what does Anne ask them about?

4. What are two good reasons cited by Anne for calling around?

5. In working on set design for your book, what does Anne suggest you imagine yourself as?

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