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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 6, Writers Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do readers want to know about characters besides their superficial values?
(a) Their essence.
(b) What they eat.
(c) How they smell.
(d) Their hair color.

2. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, who was the self-proclaimed "cool man?"
(a) The referee of the basketball game.
(b) A tall African American man.
(c) Sam.
(d) A boy against a fence.

3. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?
(a) Action, Background, Characters, Drama, and Ending.
(b) Alice's Books Do Create Excitement.
(c) Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending.
(d) Asides, Background, Drama, Characters, and Encoding.

4. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?
(a) Talking to a friend.
(b) Feeling it and then writing about it.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Going to visit family.

5. How else does Anne say you might you know you are done?
(a) You have done the best you can do, and have no more to give.
(b) Your editor tells you that you are done.
(c) Your check arrives in the mail.
(d) The plot has come together beautifully.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?

2. What does Anne say that unpublished writers need?

3. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

4. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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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