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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?
(a) He tells him to get a job to keep him busy.
(b) He encourages King to quit writing.
(c) He tells him to stay out of trouble in the future.
(d) He tells him to get a job with a local paper as a sports writer.

2. Does King believe the reader see the image in the same way as the author?
(a) Yes, he does.
(b) Yes, if the reader reads carefully.
(c) If the writer describes it well, he will.
(d) No, not always.

3. 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) Often his stories would sell when they were in serious financial trouble.
(d) King's writing was a steady, but small source of income.

4. 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 he doesn't like the main character Carrie.
(c) Because his wife hates the story.
(d) Because he is too busy to continue.

5. What number appears in King's image?
(a) The number 24/7.
(b) The number three.
(c) The number seven.
(d) It is not specified.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does King state he feels about writing for money?

3. What does one of King's babysitters do to him?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the chapter, What Writing Is, different from the usual book on writing?

2. King believed that writing is telepathy. What is telepathy in the context of this statement?

3. Why does King want his readers to put his book down if they are unable to accept that writing is magic?

4. Can you explain how King created the character of Carrie and why he disliked her so?

5. What relationship is there between writing as a career and writing as a passion? Explain in your own words.

6. What are some of the things King remembers from his childhood? How might they have affected his writing?

7. How did King learn to edit his work? Why was this important to the young writer?

8. King opens the chapter, What Writing Is, with an image. What is the image and how is it described? In what ways is this image different from other images presented in books? What is King's motive in doing this? Do you think this is an effective way to allow the reader to see the scene? Why or why not?

9. Based on the chapters, C.V., and What Writing Is, what ideas justify King's statement that writing is a serious job?

10. In a short paper, summarize the main points of King's life as an author.

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