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Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to King, grammar rules were _______________ .
(a) Convenient conventions.
(b) To be followed.
(c) Made to be broken.
(d) Necessary for communication.

2. What type of job does King believe writing to be?
(a) One requiring hard work.
(b) One of drudgery.
(c) A serious one.
(d) A joyous one.

3. What book does King recommend for grammar study?
(a) Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
(b) Prentice-Hall Handbook of Grammar.
(c) Any good high school grammar text.
(d) Betty Azar's Understanding and Using English Grammar.

4. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.
(a) The importance of the reader's creativity.
(b) The use of description to fully set up a scene.
(c) What writing is.
(d) How to entice a reader to read more.

5. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?
(a) So that the reader creates an image different from the one King describes.
(b) King believes the reader will see the image as he does anyway.
(c) To allow the reader to see the image in their own way.
(d) King wants to trick the reader into seeing a different image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King's uncle use from the toolbox?

2. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?

3. What lesson does the experience with his uncle teach King?

4. How does King suggest writers improve their vocabulary?

5. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?

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