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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a book is On Writing?
(a) A book on writing a biography.
(b) A book on writing.
(c) Part biography and part how-to.
(d) A novel.

2. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) Five.
(b) An object, its color, and its number.
(c) Four items and their location/relation to one another.
(d) Only two: the object and a number on its back.

3. What does the second chapter open with King presenting to the reader?
(a) A piece of advice.
(b) An image.
(c) A monologue.
(d) An injunction.

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) Telepathy.
(d) Visualization of scenes.

5. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?
(a) Writing as life support.
(b) Writing as a career.
(c) Writing as magic.
(d) Writing for money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where on the animal is something unusual attached?

2. Of the two reasons King gives for why people write, which one does he support?

3. How does King use this advice from his uncle?

4. What is a common characteristic of adverbs?

5. How does King obtain money from his classmates?

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