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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 3, Broccoli.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Anne, what is the way to "nail" a character?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Set design.
(c) Plot.
(d) Hammers.

2. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?
(a) The fourteenth Dalai Lama.
(b) Mel Brooks.
(c) Samuel Goldwyn.
(d) Dr. Suess.

3. What is the question Anne's students always ask?
(a) How do you know when you are done?
(b) How can I write like Dr. Suess?
(c) How can you put an octopus to bed?
(d) What happens when a character changes?

4. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?
(a) Something, anything; making a mistake is better than doing nothing.
(b) Call your mother for advice.
(c) Sit in a corner with your arms around your knees, and just start rocking back and forth.
(d) Flip a coin.

5. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?
(a) Dialogue emerges entirely from the plot. Listen to the plot.
(b) Put two people, who would never want to be together, in a close situation. They will have lots to say.
(c) Insert clever dialogue whenever possible.
(d) Put two people who have lots in common together for teatime.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?

2. What is Anne's first suggestion about writing dialogue?

3. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?

4. According to Anne, when did we hear and listen to our intuition?

5. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?

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