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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. Whose work does Anne love to read when it comes out, but regrets that her students start writing like that author?
(a) Isabel Allende.
(b) Arthur C. Clarke.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Dr. Suess.

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

3. What did Anne use to entertain her son, Sam, while he was in the emergency room?
(a) A stethoscope.
(b) Finger puppets.
(c) Readings from her favorite book.
(d) Index cards and tongue depressors.

4. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?
(a) In both a gentle and harsh way.
(b) In a gentle and encouraging way.
(c) With a big red crayon.
(d) In a harsh and savage way.

5. What does Anne state that financial success guarantees a writer?
(a) Adoring fans.
(b) More paranoia.
(c) Many book signings.
(d) A more expensive set of problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Sharon Olds poem does Anne pass out at every class?

2. Anne has written two books and a short story as presents. Who were they for?

3. When you start thinking like a writer, where does Anne suggest you get your material?

4. Why did we lose access to our broccoli?

5. Where does Anne keep her index cards?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne say someone reading your material can help you?

2. What has Anne found to be the best ways of dealing with station KFKD?

3. Why does writing matter, according to Anne?

4. What does Anne say one's own broccoli can tell them?

5. Why do Anne students sometimes take on the voice of popular writers?

6. Why does Anne suggest writing a letter when you have run out of ideas of what to do next?

7. What two books did Anne write as gifts and why?

8. In Part 4, Section 4, Publication, Anne is humbled by two events. What were they?

9. What do Annie Dillard and Anne say about giving to your work?

10. Anne does not agree with the use of the word "block" in "writer's block." How does Anne describe this feeling?

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