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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. Where does plot grow from?
(a) A good topsoil.
(b) Characters.
(c) A one-inch picture frame.
(d) A good outline.

2. What is the best thing to do when you have a decision to make and do not know what to do?
(a) Sit in a corner with your arms around your knees, and just start rocking back and forth.
(b) Flip a coin.
(c) Call your mother for advice.
(d) Something, anything; making a mistake is better than doing nothing.

3. What does Anne state is the most degrading occupational hazard of being a writer?
(a) Unruly characters.
(b) KFKD.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Paranoia.

4. In working on set design for your book, what does Anne suggest you imagine yourself as?
(a) Set designer for a play or movie.
(b) An operating room nurse, getting utensils ready.
(c) A butterfly flitting around a room.
(d) An architect for a building.

5. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(b) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(c) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(d) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?

2. What is the question Anne's students always ask?

3. What constructive way does Anne suggest a writer deal with jealousy?

4. What do readers want to know about characters besides their superficial values?

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

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