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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides going to classes and conferences, what is another way to receive feedback from other writers?
(a) Solicit advice from people you meet at bookstores.
(b) Send your work via email to every address you have.
(c) Mail other writers your drafts and hope they respond to you.
(d) Start a writing group.

2. What does Anne say the single greatest obstacle is to listening to your broccoli?
(a) The paranoid voices.
(b) Inconsistency with your characters.
(c) Radio station KFKD.
(d) Radishes, they always overpower everything.

3. What brings Anne's students the feeling of liberation?
(a) Writing about people who wronged them.
(b) Writing about their childhood.
(c) A deep breath.
(d) Discipline in writing.

4. What does Anne consider a gift if you have it?
(a) Sophisticated innocence.
(b) Patience with a three-year-old.
(c) A connection with the Dalai Lama.
(d) Ability to speak another language.

5. What voice does Anne say is the real and true voice of a writer?
(a) The broccoli voice.
(b) Another writer's voice.
(c) Their own voice.
(d) The voice playing on KFKD.

6. As a writer, what is very hard for Anne to take?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Suggestions on new characters.
(d) Dialog in dialect.

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

8. Why does Anne state you should explore and understand your childhood?
(a) To gain the ability to write children's books.
(b) To find good material to write about.
(c) To get rid of past baggage.
(d) To gain the ability to empathize.

9. Where did Sam's pastor say is the only place we can find peace?
(a) In publication.
(b) In our hearts.
(c) In meditation.
(d) In a fortune cookie.

10. What does Anne consider a most depressing experience?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Having so much material you can not write fast enough.
(c) Editors not liking your work.
(d) Writer's block.

11. How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work?
(a) Ask someone who is a best seller if they would like to work with you.
(b) Ask someone who rarely reads if they would read your work.
(c) Ask someone whose work you admire if they would like to work with you.
(d) Put an ad in the paper or on the bulletin board.

12. What is the myth of publication, according to Anne?
(a) All self-doubt is erased and you get a new home.
(b) There is no myth of publication, it really is a joyous event.
(c) It is a joyous event and all self-doubt is erased.
(d) It is a joyous event and your phone rings off the hook with kudos from friends.

13. What is one reason Anne wrote the book for her father?
(a) There was only one book about cancer that was funny.
(b) The Dalai Lama himself told her to write it.
(c) She needed an advance from her agent.
(d) She was jealous of another writer's book about cancer.

14. How do Anne's students often respond when asked why they want to write?
(a) They are looking for a writing companion.
(b) They want money, fame, and fortune.
(c) They want to get published.
(d) They do not want to be silenced anymore.

15. Where did the book Anne wrote about her friend Pammy originate?
(a) A short assignment about index cards.
(b) A letter to the San Francisco Giants.
(c) Journal entries about Sam as a baby.
(d) Her father's book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?

3. What does Anne use index cards for?

4. Secretly, why do some people attend Anne's writing class?

5. What is publication like for Anne?

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