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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King help his uncle fix as a child?
(a) A window screen.
(b) A leaky faucet in the bathroom.
(c) The kitchen sink.
(d) The driveway.

2. In addition to his injunction, King wants writers to leave something behind when they write. What should writers leave behind?
(a) Fear.
(b) Their desires.
(c) Cleverness.
(d) Honesty.

3. How does King use this advice from his uncle?
(a) He falls in love with tools and creates his own toolbox for chores around the house.
(b) He buys new tools every time he receives a check for his work.
(c) He applies it to his writing.
(d) He always takes all his tools when he has to fix something.

4. What does King define writing as?
(a) A juxtaposition of words and images.
(b) The creation of images in a reader's head.
(c) Visualization of scenes.
(d) Telepathy.

5. How can the book, On Writing, be described?
(a) A poorly conceived hack job.
(b) Clever, formulistic, but inspiring.
(c) Poignant, educated and inspiring.
(d) A masterpiece.

Short Answer Questions

1. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?

2. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.

3. What does King's uncle inherit?

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

5. What action does King believe a writer should take with respect to grammar?

(see the answer key)

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