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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does King miss his first year of school?
(a) Because he moves too many times.
(b) Because of his father.
(c) Because his mother homeschools him.
(d) Because of chronic ear and throat infections.

2. Where does King get the idea for the novel Misery?
(a) From a dream.
(b) From a book he was reading.
(c) From a TV show.
(d) From his wife.

3. Another belief of King is that writers have a special need. What is this need?
(a) A modern computer with Skype and YouTube accounts.
(b) A telephone.
(c) A specific space in which to write.
(d) An office equipped with a computer and internet access.

4. What does King's uncle use from the toolbox?
(a) Several tools.
(b) A screwdriver and a hammer.
(c) A hammer and some nails.
(d) Only a screwdriver.

5. What does King consider to be a writer's practice?
(a) Any kind of writing.
(b) Daily journal entries.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing exercises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King define writing as?

2. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?

3. What is the first object described in the image in the second chapter?

4. What does King do while editor of his school paper?

5. What is King's first piece of advice to those reading the chapter, On Writing?

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