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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 is the way to hold a reader's attention?
2. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?
3. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?
4. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
5. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Anne, how are we able to see the underlying essence of a person?
2. How does Anne suggest we can free ourselves from perfectionism?
3. At some point you may need to design a set for your characters that you know nothing about. What avenues does Anne suggest taking to gain the knowledge you need?
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. Where does Anne find out something about false starts?
6. What does a bad first draft provide a writer, according to Anne?
7. How does Anne say perfectionism affects writing?
8. When Anne's students tell her they do not know where to start, she tells them to start with their childhood. How is this helpful?
9. How do you know when you are done, according to Anne?
10. How did Anne's article on the Special Olympics start off? How did it turn out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part 2, The Writing Frame of Mind, Section 1, Looking Around, Anne says that writing is about "learning to pay attention and communicate what is going on."
Part 1) Anne's father taught the prisoners of San Quentin to pay attention and write down their thoughts. At this time Anne was a young child, and thought it easier for her to write down what was going on. Why was it easier for her?
Part 2) How is the writer like the cheese in "The Farmer in the Dell?"
Part 3) As a writer, how should we look at the people around us in order to honestly recognize who they are?
Essay Topic 2
How is listening to our small inner voice, our intuition, helpful to a writer? Why have some of us lost access to our broccoli? What is a good metaphor to use for your own broccoli?
Essay Topic 3
Anne titles Part 3, "Help Along the Way." This section is filled with helpful ideas to get a writer writing. How can you apply these ideas to your daily life, even if you are not a writer?
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