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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When writing towards a scene, why may you find it is all wrong when you finish it?
(a) Because your editor said it was wrong.
(b) Because the wind is blowing from the west now.
(c) Because of what you have learned about your characters along the way.
(d) Because your subject matter expert finally called you back to talk about set design.

3. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?
(a) All the kids wanted to trade for her tuna salad.
(b) Her father always made the perfect sandwiches.
(c) It was really about opening our insides in front of everyone. Just like writing.
(d) Homemade bread was something to be proud of.

4. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?
(a) "Hey - lighten up, Francis."
(b) "Jeremiah was a bullfrog."
(c) "From sun up to sun down I am the best writer in town."
(d) "Climb every mountain."

5. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?
(a) Buster Brown.
(b) She is.
(c) Phillip Lopate.
(d) C. S. Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does plot grow from?

2. What did Anne's father tell his students to read?

3. What does the title, False Starts, mean?

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

5. What is Anne's response when her students ask her for the best writing advice?

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