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

3. What does Anne say that unpublished writers need?
(a) Attention and honesty.
(b) Lots of material on index cards.
(c) To be ripped apart for their awful work.
(d) A good plot treatment.

4. According to Anne, what can the writing of an informal letter free you from?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Perfectionism.
(d) Plot treatments.

5. When writing her letter to Sam, who did Anne picture peering over her shoulder?
(a) Sam.
(b) Dr. Suess.
(c) Her editor.
(d) Pammy.

6. According to Anne, becoming a writer is about becoming ________.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Published.
(c) Conscious.
(d) Famous.

7. When you start thinking like a writer, where does Anne suggest you get your material?
(a) Everywhere, everything can be used as material.
(b) At the supermarket.
(c) During meditation.
(d) When you walk your dog.

8. Why does Anne state that writing matters?
(a) Only to heal the writer.
(b) Because you can affect the heart and spirit of the reader.
(c) Because you can get published.
(d) To heal the writer and get published.

9. 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) Call your mother for advice.
(c) Sit in a corner with your arms around your knees, and just start rocking back and forth.
(d) Something, anything; making a mistake is better than doing nothing.

10. What does the fourteenth Dalai Lama claim to be his religion?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Good ethics.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Moral position.

11. What other writing skill did Anne use to write her letter to Sam?
(a) School lunches.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Calling around.
(d) One-inch picture frame.

12. According to Anne, what is publication not going to do for you?
(a) Change your life.
(b) Make writing easier for the next novel.
(c) Assist you in writing a screen play.
(d) Help you get over your jealousy.

13. KFKD plays in stereo. What does Anne say plays out of the left and right speakers?
(a) It does not play in stereo at all, everybody knows you are the best writer in the world.
(b) Right speaker plays how gifted you are, the left how incredible your writing is.
(c) Right speaker plays how gifted your are, the left how awful your writing is.
(d) Right speaker plays how awful you are, the left how awul your writing is.

14. Where does Anne say a moral position begins?
(a) In a bad first draft.
(b) In the heart of a character.
(c) In the plot treatment.
(d) In a proper set design.

15. What are two good reasons cited by Anne for calling around?
(a) It keeps you from being bored, and you can double-bill your agent.
(b) People enjoy talking about what they know, and you can consider it.
(c) People enjoy talking about what they know, and it keeps you from being bored.
(d) You can consider it work and double-bill your agent.