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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 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.

2. What is publication like for Anne?
(a) A joyous event and all her self-doubt is erased.
(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) It is really uneventful, no one notices or comments.

3. According to Anne, what two things can teach you to give of yourself?
(a) Characters and short assignments.
(b) A credit card bill and a gas guzzling automobile.
(c) A three-year-old and characters.
(d) Your work in progess and your three-year-old.

4. What does Anne suggest students do when faced with "writer's block?"
(a) Accept that they are challenged writers who should take her class again later.
(b) Write about school breakfasts to get the creativeness flowing.
(c) Breathe calmly and meditate.
(d) Accept that they are not in a creative period right now, in doing so you free yourself to fill up again.

5. Why does Anne state you should explore and understand your childhood?
(a) To get rid of past baggage.
(b) To gain the ability to empathize.
(c) To gain the ability to write children's books.
(d) To find good material to write about.

Short Answer Questions

1. What soothes and heals Anne when she is paranoid, jealous, or upset for any reason?

2. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?

3. Why does Anne state that writing matters?

4. Where has Anne found some of the best letter writing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are the two things that put Anne in the spirit to give?

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

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

9. What are some reasons that students attend Anne's writing classes?

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

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