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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. How do the motives of a believable character affect the direction of the story?
(a) They change the direction of the story.
(b) They abandon 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.

2. How much fiction uses random transformation?
(a) Most.
(b) All.
(c) None.
(d) Some.

3. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Sporadically.
(c) Pertinently.
(d) Gradually.

4. How can a character effectively have a random transformation?
(a) Only in a world where random change is normal.
(b) Only in a world where no one else changes.
(c) Only in a world where everyone else changes.
(d) Only in a world where random change is abnormal.

5. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?
(a) History.
(b) Flashbacks.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Omens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?

2. What is a key contributor to a character's attitude?

3. What type of influences might cause a character to change?

4. What is it that changes the control a writer has when they write words down?

5. What should the writer avoid when defining the voice of a narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the topic of transformations lead the author to an important reason that fiction exists?

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

3. What is the difference between first person narrative and third person narrative?

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

5. What are the most common tenses used in narration and how does the author describe the risks involved with using different ones?

6. What is comedy usually the result of, and what is humor based on?

7. What are some of the consequences that are beyond a character's control and provoke a transformation?

8. How is the illusion of truth created?

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 the advantages to using an omniscient or limited narration?

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