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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What Writing Is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does his writing help King financially?
(a) King's writing didn't really help financially.
(b) King's stories never made much, but every little bit helped.
(c) King's writing was a steady, but small source of income.
(d) Often his stories would sell when they were in serious financial trouble.

2. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?
(a) It is too big and blows out a neighborhood transformer.
(b) It burns up their house.
(c) It darkens his entire apartment building.
(d) It shocks Stephen and Dave King, and sends them to the hospital.

3. Why does King throw the story Carrie in the trash can?
(a) Because he feels he doesn't know enough about the events that went on in a girl's locker room.
(b) Because his wife hates the story.
(c) Because he doesn't like the main character Carrie.
(d) Because he is too busy to continue.

4. .What is the first specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Writing mechanics.
(c) Writing exercises.
(d) Theme and plot.

5. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(b) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(c) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(d) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location of the first item mentioned in the image?

2. Of the details King has supplied the reader regarding his image in the second chapter, what does King hope the reader will primarily focus on?

3. Where is the cloth mentioned in King's image located within the image?

4. What animal appears in the image King describes in the second chapter?

5. Where does King get a job to help pay for college?

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