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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Food News Review.
(c) California.
(d) Pots and Pans.

2. What does Anne believe allows us to see the individual person?
(a) Spending time with them.
(b) Having a list of questions to ask them.
(c) You can do this in about an hour, if you are really good at reading people.
(d) Getting rid of the busyness.

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

4. What does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?
(a) Really off the wall dialect.
(b) One line of dialog that rings true.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) Pages of dialog with descriptive wording.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anne say must first happen before we can recognize others for who they are?

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

4. What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for?

5. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?

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