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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. When writing her letter to Sam, who did Anne picture peering over her shoulder?
(a) Pammy.
(b) Sam.
(c) Dr. Suess.
(d) Her editor.

2. What does Anne state is the most degrading occupational hazard of being a writer?
(a) KFKD.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Unruly characters.

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

4. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?
(a) "A writer is someone who has lots to loose."
(b) "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost."
(c) "A writer is someone who looses lots."
(d) "A writer always needs to wear his glasses."

5. In Anne's comments on the Gulf Stream, what is the straw a metaphor for?
(a) KFKD, it is as big as the Gulf Stream.
(b) Our fingers, a river of stories pour through them.
(c) Us, as writers. The river of the story pours through us.
(d) Our pencil, a river of stories pour though it.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Anne, your unconscious cannot work when this is going on.

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

3. Where does Anne say a moral position begins?

4. Why did we lose access to our broccoli?

5. What is libel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards, Anne uses the index cards not only for notes, but in what other way?

2. What additional benefit results from Anne calling around in search for the name of the wire thing topping champagne bottles?

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

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

5. Why does Anne have index cards all over her house?

6. How can breathing calmly affect you when KFKD is playing?

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

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

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

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

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