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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. What does the title, False Starts, mean?
3. What is a plot treatment?
4. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?
5. Where did Anne's father teach his class?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Anne suggest can help when you sit down to write dialogue?
2. Readers need a sense that an important character, such as a narrator, is reliable. How does Anne suggest that writers accomplish this?
3. How does Anne suggest writing about school lunches be beneficial for a writer?
4. How did Anne's article on the Special Olympics start off? How did it turn out?
5. What does a bad first draft provide a writer, according to Anne?
6. 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?
7. How does Anne state dialogue affects a reader?
8. How does Anne warn against writing towards a climax or destination?
9. What was Natalie Goldberg's response when asked for the best possible writing advice she had to offer? How true is this advice?
10. How did Anne accomplish a very believable gardener in her novel, when she cannot even keep a houseplant alive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
When you are stuck and cannot think of any other thing to do, but you can not leave your work alone, how does writing a letter help the writer? Who can you write the letter to? What can the letter be about? What does the writing a letter free the writer from?
Essay Topic 3
According to Anne, radio station KFKD is the single greatest obstacle to a writer being able to hear their broccoli. Compare and contrast what plays out of the two speakers. Why do you think they are opposing thoughts?
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