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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. What image does Anne use to help her gather dialog for characters?
(a) One-inch picture frame.
(b) Hammers.
(c) Dr. Suess.
(d) Broccoli.

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

3. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?
(a) Tragedy transfromed to joy and sheer effort.
(b) The runners.
(c) The girl on crutches.
(d) The "cool man" game.

4. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?
(a) Dialogue written without any dialect.
(b) Serif font.
(c) Dialogue written in dialect.
(d) Dr. Suess.

5. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?
(a) All good writers.
(b) The birds.
(c) Reporters.
(d) She does.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?

2. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?

3. When you start think there is one more thing you could do, what should you remind yourself?

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

5. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?

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