A Big Mess of Ideas: Creating a Story with Sharon Creech

Questions
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1. When Sharon Creech writes a story, she starts with ______.

A. an outline of the events in the story
B. the main problem that she wants to solve in the story
C. a character and a place
D. none of the above

2. Sharon Creech gets some of the ideas for her books from her
own life. One place that keeps popping up in her stories is a
fictional town of ______, Kentucky.
A. Bybanks
B. Lexington
C. Hilltop
D. Quincy
3. How many brothers does Sharon Creech have?
Three

4. Sharon Creech has lived in ______.

A. Switzerland
B. Denmark
C. Oregon
D. all of the above
5. As an author, Sharon Creech gets asked a lot of questions by
her readers. What is one of the hardest questions that someone
can ask her?
Where do you get the ideas for your stories?