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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?
2. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?
3. What does Anne say writers want to happen to a reader as they read about a character?
4. What was the image from a medieval monk, Brother Lawerence, that helped Anne come to terms with the residents in the nursing home?
5. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?
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. How does Anne suggest writers offer hope to readers?
3. How do you know when you are done, according to Anne?
4. In Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment, Anne had been working on a book for over two years that still was not acceptable to her editor. How does she describe the plot treatment she wrote, which was accepted by her editor, and gained her the last of her advance?
5. According to Anne, how does knowledge of a character develop?
6. Where does Anne find out something about false starts?
7. How does Anne suggest writing about school lunches be beneficial for a writer?
8. Alice Adams suggests the ABDCE formula for writing a short story. How can formulas be a great way to get us started?
9. How did Anne accomplish a very believable gardener in her novel, when she cannot even keep a houseplant alive?
10. How does Anne state dialogue affects a reader?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Section 4, Part 3, Giving, Anne compares giving to your work to giving to a three-year-old. How is giving to a three-year-old an effective metaphor for giving to your work? Do you agree or disagree that giving to your work is like giving to a three-year-old? Why or why not? If you disagree, what is good metaphor for how you give to your work?
Essay Topic 2
On the first day of class, Anne tells her students that good writing is about telling the truth. What kind of attitude do the students have the first few days? How does their attitude change in the following days? Why does their attitude change?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast finding a writing partner to forming a reading group, and discuss the effectiveness of both.
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