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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?
(a) It provides a discussion of King's famous works.
(b) It provides a formats for writers.
(c) It provides King's views on other writer's formulas for success.
(d) It provides inspiration.

2. 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 tells him to stay out of trouble in the future.
(c) He tells him to get a job with a local paper as a sports writer.
(d) He encourages King to quit writing.

3. When does King get the idea for Carrie?
(a) When his wife tells him a story she overheard.
(b) After watching a similar TV show.
(c) After reading about another girl.
(d) After taking a job at a high school.

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

5. Whom does King meet while in college?
(a) His writing mentor.
(b) His future wife.
(c) His future agent.
(d) His future publisher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Does King believe the reader see the image in the same way as the author?

3. If a reader does not see an image the same way as the writer, how has the image changed?

4. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?

5. Who is the character Carrie based on?

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