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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The school lunches writing assignment combines which two pieces of writing advice from Anne?
(a) Get started and consult a hypnotist.
(b) Eat chocolate and take plenty of naps.
(c) Short assignments and bad first drafts.
(d) Read poetry and drink wine.

2. What do most of Anne's students assume about why well-respected writers's books turn out beautifully?
(a) They are subject matter experts.
(b) They analyze each character.
(c) They drink wine.
(d) They have outlined the plot.

3. When talking with a subject expert about kitchens, what are good questions to ask about the kitchen?
(a) What were the sights and sounds like?
(b) What were the smells and stains like?
(c) How best to keep stainless steel appliances clean.
(d) What were the sights, sounds, and smells like?

4. What advice did Anne's father give her brother when he was overwhelmed at writing a report on birds?
(a) "Take pictures of the birds in Bolinas."
(b) "Only write about California birds this time."
(c) "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."
(d) "Woody Woodpecker is a great bird to write about."

5. In working on set design for your book, what does Anne suggest you imagine yourself as?
(a) An operating room nurse, getting utensils ready.
(b) An architect for a building.
(c) A butterfly flitting around a room.
(d) Set designer for a play or movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?

2. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?

3. What is Anne's comment on messes?

4. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

5. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In college, Anne found a community in which she might fit in. Why did she felt a sense of community in college?

2. When Anne was writing food reviews, how did allowing herself to write bad first drafts help her?

3. What does Anne suggest doing with the feeling of paranoia?

4. Another of Anne's stories stems from the movie Stripes. The line is "Hey, lighten up Francis." How is this story helpful to her students?

5. How does Anne warn against writing towards a climax or destination?

6. How did having a mother and father who read, and a father who was a writer, affect Anne's life?

7. How does Anne state dialogue affects a reader?

8. How do you know when you are done, according to Anne?

9. Where does Anne find out something about false starts?

10. How did Anne's article on the Special Olympics start off? How did it turn out?

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