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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How else does Anne say you might you know you are done?
(a) The plot has come together beautifully.
(b) Your editor tells you that you are done.
(c) You have done the best you can do, and have no more to give.
(d) Your check arrives in the mail.

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

3. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?
(a) Poems.
(b) Childhood.
(c) A near-death experience.
(d) Third grade.

4. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?
(a) Alice's Books Do Create Excitement.
(b) Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending.
(c) Action, Background, Characters, Drama, and Ending.
(d) Asides, Background, Drama, Characters, and Encoding.

5. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?
(a) All the kids wanted to trade for her tuna salad.
(b) Homemade bread was something to be proud of.
(c) Her father always made the perfect sandwiches.
(d) It was really about opening our insides in front of everyone. Just like writing.

6. What is Anne's comment on messes?
(a) Messes do not say anything about who we are.
(b) Messes should be kept to a minimum.
(c) Hire a housekeeper to clean up your messes.
(d) They are an artist's true friend.

7. How does Anne define perfectionism?
(a) An abundantly jealous form of writing.
(b) Chewing gum will relieve it.
(c) The only way to write.
(d) A mean, frozen form of idealism.

8. 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.

9. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?
(a) For them to be reliable.
(b) For them to entertain us every step of the way.
(c) For them to manipulate us.
(d) A good plot line.

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

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

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

13. What is Anne's father's occupation?
(a) Hippie.
(b) Real Estate Agent.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Writer.

14. What does Anne say must first happen before we can recognize others for who they are?
(a) Watch them for a year.
(b) Ask them who they think they really are, it is so telling.
(c) Visit with them for a few hours.
(d) Compassionately knowing who you are.

15. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) The girl on crutches.
(b) Her lunch.
(c) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(d) The cool man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?

2. What do most of Anne's students assume about why well-respected writers's books turn out beautifully?

3. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

4. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?

5. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?

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