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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 is on Anne's desk that reminds her of short assignments?
(a) A short stubby pencil.
(b) A one-inch picture frame.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A pair of shorts.

2. What is the question Anne's students always ask?
(a) What happens when a character changes?
(b) How can I write like Dr. Suess?
(c) How do you know when you are done?
(d) How can you put an octopus to bed?

3. What does Anne warn about doing with your characters?
(a) Letting them speak in dialect.
(b) Getting them to do something because it is convenient to the plot.
(c) Placing them in an improper set.
(d) Giving them only one page of description.

4. If we do not have our broccoli to help us write, what guides us?
(a) The plot treatment.
(b) The set design.
(c) Our rational mind.
(d) The one-inch picture frame.

5. According to Anne, what is the way to "nail" a character?
(a) Hammers.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Plot.
(d) Set design.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?

2. What did Anne's father tell his students to read?

3. When writing towards a scene, why may you find it is all wrong when you finish it?

4. Besides going to classes and conferences, what is another way to receive feedback from other writers?

5. In Anne's comments on the Gulf Stream, what is the straw a metaphor for?

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