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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some readers interpret a change in a character that was not written to change?
(a) The author did not understand the reader.
(b) The reader did not understand the plot.
(c) The author did not understand the character when writing it.
(d) The reader did not understand the character when reading about it.

2. Which form of language requires more precision?
(a) Neither writing nor speaking requires precision.
(b) Writing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Writing and speaking both require the same amount of precision.

3. According to the author in Chapter 13, what is the writer's responsibility?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) To say things in a clear, yet not necessarily evocative way.
(c) To say things in a clear and evocative way.
(d) To say things in an evocative, yet not necessarily clear way.

4. How do the motives of a believable character affect the direction of the story?
(a) They abandon the direction of the story.
(b) They change the direction of the story.
(c) They do not affect the direction of the story.
(d) They keep the direction of the story on track.

5. What is "justification"?
(a) Presenting actions at the end of a narrative to explain earlier actions.
(b) Presenting details around an action as it is occurring to explain that action.
(c) Presenting details about a character to explain a past, present, or future event.
(d) Presenting actions early in a narrative to explain future actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?

2. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?

3. What reason does a character have for going through a random transformation?

4. What do third person narratives transcend?

5. As explained in Chapter 15, what is the time difference in "showing" and "telling"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's theory of how people experience transformations in life?

2. What are some of the limitations and advantages of the first person narrative?

3. How can a random transformation be written if it seems to occur for no reason?

4. What choice must a writer make when using a first person narrative, and what should influence the decision?

5. In what ways can a character change him/herself?

6. What is the difference between a presentation and a representation perspective?

7. What are the advantages to using an omniscient or limited narration?

8. How can a writer explore a character's past?

9. How does the importance of a character affect the change undergone, and what effect does it have on the writing of the narrative?

10. What are some of the different voices a person uses based on the situation?

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