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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King do while editor of his school paper?
(a) He copies other people's stories and publishes them.
(b) He wins a national contest for the paper.
(c) He writes a satirical version of the paper.
(d) He creates one of the best versions of the paper ever.

2. After Tabitha King's intervention in King's addictions, he makes some changes in his life. What change does he make in his writing life?
(a) He exchanges his massive desk for a smaller one.
(b) He moves his massive desk to a corner of his office.
(c) He centers his desk in his office.
(d) He rearranges his office to accommodate a larger desk and chair.

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

4. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?
(a) A black and white skunk.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bear.

5. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?
(a) The book sells its paperback rights to TNT for a television series.
(b) The book is made into a movie.
(c) The publisher sells the paperback rights.
(d) The book is published in Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?

2. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?

3. What is King's overall opinion on details in writing?

4. How does King's mother die?

5. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?

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