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

2. When you are still, and breathing calmly, what can happen, according to Anne?

3. When writing her letter to Sam, who did Anne picture peering over her shoulder?

4. Where does Anne keep her index cards?

5. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?

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. Does Anne consider calling around work?

3. What two books did Anne write as gifts and why?

4. How should a reviewer respond to your material, according to Anne?

5. Why does Anne encourage her students to write out of vengeance, as long as they do it nicely?

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

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

8. Anne does not agree with the use of the word "block" in "writer's block." How does Anne describe this feeling?

9. Why does writing matter, according to Anne?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

A feeling Anne suffers from throughout the book is paranoia. In Part 1 Writing, Section 1 Getting Started, what does Anne tell her students about paranoia and the other painful feelings? She goes on to read a poem by Phillip Lopate about paranoia. What are the reactions of the students?

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