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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. What is the best way to quiet KFKD?
(a) Realize it is on, have a writing ritual, and breathe.
(b) Blast heavy-metal music.
(c) Earplugs.
(d) Call a friend.

2. What did Anne and her friend Carpenter do for each other on the day they both had books out?
(a) Unknowingly sent flowers to each other.
(b) Unknowingly went to the same bookstore for a signing.
(c) Called each other to say congratulations.
(d) Consoled each other with boxes of chocolates and martinis.

3. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?
(a) Samuel Goldwyn.
(b) Mel Brooks.
(c) The fourteenth Dalai Lama.
(d) Dr. Suess.

4. According to Anne, what should our stories encompass?
(a) The truth as we know it, that is all we have to share.
(b) The truth as others see it, no one cares what you think.
(c) Half truths, which are much more interesting.
(d) No truth at all, total fiction is riveting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne write at times when she is stuck?

2. Besides going to classes and conferences, what is another way to receive feedback from other writers?

3. Whose work does Anne love to read when it comes out, but regrets that her students start writing like that author?

4. Of Anne's former students, the four that formed a writing group, how many of them had been published?

5. What does Anne determine needs to be at the center of your stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anne encourage her students to write out of vengeance, as long as they do it nicely?

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

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

4. How does Anne suggest jealousy can be beneficial for a writer?

5. How should a reviewer respond to your material, according to Anne?

6. What is the main reason Anne's students want to write?

7. In dealing with our characters, what is moral material, according to Anne?

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

9. How did Anne's article about being a lifelong Giants fan originate?

10. Good things happen to bad writers, mainly, anyone who is not you. Why does this happen according to Anne?

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