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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?
(a) After teatime.
(b) Weeks or months after you started working with them.
(c) When your editor tells you who they are.
(d) When you first sit down and start to write about them.

3. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?
(a) Characters come after you finish a good outline.
(b) Like a sunrise, full of beauty and splendor.
(c) Quickly and easily.
(d) Like a Polaroid, it takes time to know them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?

2. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?

3. What are great language tools that explain the unknown in terms of the known to the reader?

4. What was the image from a medieval monk, Brother Lawerence, that helped Anne come to terms with the residents in the nursing home?

5. What did Anne use to entertain her son, Sam, while he was in the emergency room?

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