Toggle navigation

|

? HELP

study guides
lesson plans
bios
essays
homework help
Blog
Sign In

Bird by Bird Quiz

Anne Lamott

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Bird by Bird.

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Get Bird by Bird from Amazon.com

View the Study Pack

View the Lesson Plans

Study Guide

Order our Bird by Bird Study Guide

Show Section Navigation

+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Section 1: Introduction

Part 1, Writing, Section 1 Getting Started

Part 1, Section 2, Getting Started

Part 1, Section 3, Shitty First Drafts

Part 1, Section 4, Perfectionism

Part 1, Section 5, School Lunches

Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids

Part 1, Section 7, Character

Part 1, Section 8, Plot

Part 1, Section 9, Dialogue

Part 1, Section 10, Set Design

Part 1, Section 11, False Starts

Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment

Part 1, Section 13, How Do You Know You Are Done

Part 2, The Writing Frame of Mind, Section 1, Looking Around

Part 2, Section 2, The Moral Point of View

Part 2, Section 3, Broccoli

Part 2, Section 4, Radio Station KFKD

Part 2, Section 5, Jealousy

Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards

Part 3, Section 2, Calling Around

Part 3, Section 3, Writing Groups

Part 3, Section 4, Someone to Read Your Drafts

Part 3, Section 5, Letters

Part 3, Section 6, Writers Block

Part 4, Publication and Other Reasons to Write, Section 1, Writing a Present

Part 4, Section 2, Finding Your Voice

Part 4, Section 3, Giving

Part 4, Section 4, Publication

Part 4, Section 5, The Last Class

Themes

Style

Quotes

Topics for Discussion

Order our Bird by Bird Study Guide

Related Topics

Help, Thanks, Wow

Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

Small Victories

Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Bird by Bird Quiz

Anne Lamott

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Bird by Bird.

Buy and print the Bird by Bird Study Guide

Print

Buy and download the Bird by Bird Study Guide

Word

Buy and download the Bird by Bird Study Guide

PDF

Take our free Bird by Bird quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is publication like for Anne? (from Part 4, Section 4, Publication)

Her phone rings off the hook with friends and publishers calling her.

It is really uneventful, no one notices or comments.

A joyous event and all her self-doubt is erased.

The last few weeks of pregnancy and the first day of seventh-day PE class.

2.

How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work? (from Part 3, Section 4, Someone to Read Your Drafts)

Ask someone who rarely reads if they would read your work.

Put an ad in the paper or on the bulletin board.

Ask someone who is a best seller if they would like to work with you.

Ask someone whose work you admire if they would like to work with you.

3.

What are bound galleys? (from Part 4, Section 4, Publication)

A paper-bound book with manuscript set in type.

A paper-bound book with food reviews on it.

Your manuscript held together by a galley.

Where a cook is chained to the kitchen on a ship.

4.

When you start think there is one more thing you could do, what should you remind yourself? (from Part 1, Section 13, How Do You Know You Are Done)

Your characters have evolved, time to move on.

Dr. Suess refuses to eat the broccoli.

The octopus is snoring, time to move on.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

5.

What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for? (from Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards)

Thought provoking party favors.

Set design.

Nothing, she throws them all away.

Short assignments, to get writing again.

More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Bird by Bird.

Browse all BookRags Study Guides.

Copyrights

Bird by Bird from BookRags. (c)2026 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.

BookRags

About BookRags | Customer Service | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

Copyright 2026 by BookRags, Inc.

FOLLOW BOOKRAGS:

Follow BookRags on Facebook

Follow BookRags on Twitter

Follow BookRags on Pinterest