1. Which culture is NOT a part of Louise Erdrich's heritage?
A) German
B) French
C) Ojibwa
D) Polish

2. What does Neil Gaiman miss the most about England?
A) the food
B) the pubs
C) cricket matches
D) the radio

3. How did Ha Jin learn to read?
A) His grandmother taught him.
B) By memorizing street signs.
C) He taught himself when he was in the army.
D) His father read aloud to him every night.

4. Which author who is the child of a famous author said "Sometimes I felt like I'd have to be really stupid to screw-up with all the advantages I'd had, so most of the pressure came from myself."?
A) Molly Jong-Fast
B) Susan Cheever
C) Christopher Rice
D) Rebecca Walker

5. What does Dennis Lehane do first thing in the morning?
A) sit down and write
B) drink two cups of coffee
C) walk his dogs
D) turn on CNN

6. Where does Anchee Min do her research?
A) on the Internet
B) at the New York Public Library
C) at home
D) at the Museum of History in Shanghai

7. Who was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) Alice Walker
B) Toni Morrison
C) Maya Angelou
D) Zora Neale Hurston

8. Who said "It's very hard not to be your own personal flesh-eating virus --- that is, to self-criticize, self-censor, and self-edit everything that comes out on the page or before it even makes it to the page."?
A) Anna Maxted
B) Jennifer Belle
C) Laura Zigman
D) Thisbe Nissen

9. Which musician was Alan Watt obsessed with for an entire year?
A) Neil Diamond
B) Elton John
C) Tom Jones
D) David Bowie

10. Whose advice to young writers is "The trick is not to stop when you think it’s good enough."?
A) Maya Angelou
B) Jacquelyn Mitchard
C) Barbara Kingsolver
D) Ana Menendez