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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Not rapturous.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Dewy and thrilled.
(d) Rapturous.

3. Why does Anne write?
(a) She is a good typist.
(b) She has read C. S. Lewis.
(c) Her father was a writer.
(d) She wants to and she is good at it.

4. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?
(a) Like she could write all day.
(b) Thankful for what she and her son had.
(c) Depressed and hungry.
(d) Joyful.

5. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Listen to classical music.
(b) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.
(c) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.
(d) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?

2. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?

3. What is Anne's comment on messes?

4. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

5. What advice did Anne's father give her brother when he was overwhelmed at writing a report on birds?

(see the answer key)

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