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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. What is King's overall opinion on writing as a profession?
(a) It is didactic.
(b) It is frivolous.
(c) It is serious and straightforward.
(d) It is humorous.

2. Where does King discover horror stories?
(a) At his aunt and uncle's house.
(b) In the school library.
(c) At the local theater.
(d) At the newsstand.

3. Who is the character Carrie based on?
(a) Two girls he knew in high school.
(b) One of his students.
(c) A friend of his wife's.
(d) His imagination.

4. King states that writing is a job that includes aspects that are ____.
(a) Unexplainable.
(b) Drudgery.
(c) Ponderous.
(d) Void of meaning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the second chapter open with King presenting to the reader?

2. How does King describe the image discussed in chapter two?

3. .What is the first specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?

4. Where on the animal is something unusual attached?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does King write? Explain in your own words based on the chapters, C.V., and What Writing Is.

2. What conclusions can you draw from King's comparison of writing as a career versus writing as a passion? Explain in your own words.

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

4. One of King's babysitters was particularly cruel. How might she have affected his later writings?

5. How would you summarize the different jobs King had during his early career? How might these jobs have influenced his work?

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

7. What are some of the aspects of writing that King is not going to emphasize in the chapter, What Writing Is?

8. What inferences can you make from King's statement that writing is magic? Explain in your own words.

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

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

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