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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 4, Someone to Read Your Drafts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before she sends copies to her editor or agent, who reads Anne's drafts for her?
(a) Her son and the guy at the copy shop.
(b) Her best friend and a librarian.
(c) Her two best friends.
(d) A student and a librarian.

2. As a writer, what is very hard for Anne to take?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Suggestions on new characters.
(c) Dialog in dialect.
(d) Criticism.

3. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?
(a) Characters come after you finish a good outline.
(b) Like a Polaroid, it takes time to know them.
(c) Quickly and easily.
(d) Like a sunrise, full of beauty and splendor.

4. What does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?
(a) Pages of dialog with descriptive wording.
(b) Really off the wall dialect.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) One line of dialog that rings true.

5. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?
(a) For them to manipulate us.
(b) For them to be reliable.
(c) A good plot line.
(d) For them to entertain us every step of the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of feedback do the two people that read Anne's drafts give her?

2. What does Anne say that there is ecstasy in?

3. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

4. What does Anne say must first happen before we can recognize others for who they are?

5. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?

(see the answer key)

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