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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Toolbox.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the character Carrie based on?
(a) A friend of his wife's.
(b) Two girls he knew in high school.
(c) His imagination.
(d) One of his students.

2. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?
(a) Writing as life support.
(b) Writing as magic.
(c) Writing for money.
(d) Writing as a career.

3. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?
(a) Over the counter pain-killers.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

4. What is the second specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Voice.
(c) Diction.
(d) Vocabulary.

5. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) An object, its color, and its number.
(b) Four items and their location/relation to one another.
(c) Only two: the object and a number on its back.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. With respect to vocabulary, King states that __________ does not matter:

2. What advice does King give on paragraphs?

3. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?

4. What number appears in King's image?

5. King claims __________ is the second most important tool in a writer's toolbox.

(see the answer key)

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