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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 does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?
(a) One line of dialog that rings true.
(b) The antagonist.
(c) Pages of dialog with descriptive wording.
(d) Really off the wall dialect.

2. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, who was the self-proclaimed "cool man?"
(a) A tall African American man.
(b) The referee of the basketball game.
(c) Sam.
(d) A boy against a fence.

3. In the beginning of Part 2, what does Anne say writing is about?
(a) A good plot treatment.
(b) Making up stories about fairies.
(c) Getting published!
(d) "...learning to pay attention and communicate what is going on."

4. What was the image from a medieval monk, Brother Lawerence, that helped Anne come to terms with the residents in the nursing home?
(a) Do not worry about tomorrow, today has enough worry for all.
(b) We are all dust in the wind.
(c) That we, like trees in the winter, have nothing to give, but are there to be loved unconditionally.
(d) Treat others as you would want to be treated.

5. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?
(a) The octopus' mother.
(b) Recovery.
(c) Pammy's memorial garden.
(d) The nursing home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If we do not have our broccoli to help us write, what guides us?

3. At what age did Anne start writing?

4. Where does plot grow from?

5. When you start think there is one more thing you could do, what should you remind yourself?

(see the answer key)

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