1. How did Liza Dalby research her book THE TALE OF MURASAKI?
A) She trained and became a geisha.
B) She studied Noh theater.
C) She converted to Shintoism.
D) She wrote and read classical haiku.

2. Which singer-songwriter is Mark Danielewski's sister?
A) Sarah McLachlan
B) Fiona Apple
C) Poe
D) Fiona Apple

3. Who is the woman on the cover of Amy Tan's THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER?
A) her mother
B) her great-aunt
C) an anonymous farmer
D) her grandmother

4. Where did Anita Shreve teach?
A) Smith
B) Princeton
C) Amherst
D) Williams

5. Who said of author-vanity band The Rock Bottom Remainders, "This band plays music as well as Metallica writes novels."?
A) Stephen King
B) Dave Barry
C) George Pelecanos
D) Amy Tan

6. Which author would go to law school if she was not writing?
A) Penelope Fitzgerald
B) Anita Shreve
C) Jan Karon
D) Alice Elliot Dark

7. Where did James Patterson get the inspiration for the five balls story in SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS?
A) Native American teachings
B) Irish folktales
C) his grandmother's storytelling
D) his wife's diary

8. Who is a Michigan native?
A) Sherman Alexie
B) Madison Smart Bell
C) Jim Harrison
D) Tony Earley

9. Francine Matthews did intelligence analysis for the C.I.A. following which terrorist act?
A) the bombing of Pan Am flight 103
B) the Oklahoma City bombing
C) the World Trade Center bombing
D) the bombing at the Atlanta Olympics

10. What art form other than fiction writing does Armistead Maupin work in?
A) he is a painter
B) he is a sculptor
C) he is a librettist
D) he is a photographer