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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 did Anne and her friend Carpenter do for each other on the day they both had books out?

2. What voice does Anne say is the real and true voice of a writer?

3. You brought your work into being, what does Anne say you must give it every day?

4. From what assignment did Anne end up writing a letter to her son?

5. What is the best way to quiet KFKD?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Anne found to be the best ways of dealing with station KFKD?

3. According to Anne, how can having a writing group affect you and your work as a writer?

4. Why does writing matter, according to Anne?

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

6. What does Anne say one's own broccoli can tell them?

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

8. What does Anne state is the myth of publication?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anne likens the process of writing a first draft to a Polaroid picture developing. Compare and contrast the two.

Essay Topic 2

In Section 4, Part 2, Finding Your Voice Anne talks about how, in the beginning, her students will emulate the voice of other writers they admire. How does a writer find their true inner voice? Why can the truth of your experience only come through your own inner voice? What does it take to get to your truth, and what must happen with the damage inside you?

Essay Topic 3

Anne starts off the last chapter by again encouraging her students to write about their childhood. Why does she place so much emphasis on writing about your childhood? How did we look at the world when we were children? What do you have to gain emotionally from writing about your childhood? What do you have to gain for your future work?

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