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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Allende's writing style offer to the reader?
(a) Sharp turns and suspenseful drama.
(b) A headache.
(c) Nourishment of the imagination and wonder.
(d) A sense of being understood.

2. Every writer needs discipline, but what is one way Anne suggests to give yourself a break and still be productive?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Eat a Kit-Kat bar.
(c) Writing on index cards.
(d) Calling around.

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

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

5. Where has Anne found some of the best letter writing?
(a) Letters from people wanting to tell their children about their childhoods.
(b) Letters from people in World War One.
(c) Letters written by people in love.
(d) Letters from children detailing an event in their childhood.

6. What constructive way does Anne suggest a writer deal with jealousy?
(a) Write down your feelings then crumple up the paper and throw it away.
(b) Tell your therapist about the feelings.
(c) Use it as material in a book.
(d) Simply forget about it and move on, because your turn is next.

7. Anne does not agree with the word "block," which suggests something is constipated or stuck. How does she describe 'writer's block'?
(a) As being nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
(b) As being as jealous as the green-eyed monster.
(c) As being empty.
(d) As having the rug pulled out from under you.

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

9. What does Anne suggest feedback from someone close to you yields?
(a) A headache and ulcer.
(b) Better plots and newer characters.
(c) Confidence and time to improve the work.
(d) Mindless suggestions and a loss of friends.

10. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Talking to a friend.
(c) Feeling it and then writing about it.
(d) Going to visit family.

11. What is libel?
(a) What you can sue the papers for and get lots of money.
(b) Making untrue accusations.
(c) Defamation by written or printed word.
(d) It is the liberty within us all.

12. Why did we lose access to our broccoli?
(a) We got lazy.
(b) Grown-ups corrected, ridiculed, or punished us for our words.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) Dr. Suess took it away.

13. What did Anne have after a full day of calling around?
(a) A description of how to train grapevines.
(b) A description of chardonnay wine.
(c) Nothing, no one had any material for her that was useful.
(d) A description of vineyards.

14. When you are still, and breathing calmly, what can happen, according to Anne?
(a) You can write from the perspective of the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
(b) KFKD blares louder than ever.
(c) You can hear the voices of your characters, above the rantings of KFKD.
(d) You fall asleep.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What voice does Anne say is the real and true voice of a writer?

2. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?

3. What does Anne state that financial success guarantees a writer?

4. How do Anne's students often respond when asked why they want to write?

5. As a writer, what is very hard for Anne to take?

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