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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is publication like for Anne?
(a) It is really uneventful, no one notices or comments.
(b) The last few weeks of pregnancy and the first day of seventh-day PE class.
(c) Her phone rings off the hook with friends and publishers calling her.
(d) A joyous event and all her self-doubt is erased.

2. What does Anne say has cosmic importance?
(a) Learning to squash all feelings of jealousy.
(b) Taking all the classes she has to offer.
(c) Learning to be a giver.
(d) Learning to write good plot treatments.

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

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

5. What are good ways to start writing groups?
(a) Put an ad in the newspaper and ask your family members.
(b) Ask people from class, or put an ad in the newpapers and on bulletin boards.
(c) Put an ad on a bulletin board and ask people on the street.
(d) Ask people on the street and your family members.

6. What is the name of the wire that covers all champagne corks?
(a) Cork holder.
(b) Wire.
(c) Wire thingy.
(d) Wire hood.

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

8. Besides calling around, what is another way to escape the isolation of writing?
(a) Taking a dancing class.
(b) Employing a good therapist.
(c) Joining a meditation group.
(d) Joining a writing class.

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

10. According to Anne, when did we hear and listen to our intuition?
(a) At age 20.
(b) As adults.
(c) As children.
(d) As teenagers.

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

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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. What does Anne suggest you do when your mind starts to wander again and again?
(a) Take another nap.
(b) Gently bring your mind back to your work.
(c) Blast heavy-metal music again.
(d) Call a friend again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other writing skill did Anne use to write her letter to Sam?

2. Why did we lose access to our broccoli?

3. According to Anne, what can the writing of an informal letter free you from?

4. When you are stuck in your writing, but you can not leave it alone, what is something Anne suggests to try?

5. What did Annie Dillard say about writing?

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